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She renamed all the firearms that looked somewhat scary as assault weapons.

Josh Sugarman

2 posted on 04/07/2015 8:29:24 AM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)

Because we all know that the “A” in “AR” stands for assault. Right.

3 posted on 04/07/2015 8:31:13 AM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)

Actually gun owners were referring to their semi-auto rifles as assault rifles well before Shugarman redefined them as “AS-S-S-AULT RIFLES!”

I have several gun magazines (GUN TESTS, GUNS AND AMMO) printed well before Shugarman. Before this time, Sugarman only wanted to ban handguns. Same for Handgun Control Inc.

It was Mel Tappan who started the assault rifle demand back around 1976 with his book SURVIVAL GUNS and a Guns and Ammo column on survivalism.

Before 1976 you could not give an AR-15 away (except to me) as everyone still wanted large caliber hunting rifles.

19 posted on 04/07/2015 9:34:10 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( NEVER trust a politician with your firearm rights!)

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