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To: maddog55

Wrong. The term “assault weapon” was invented in 1944 by Adolf Hitler. He used it to name the MP44 rifle, which fired a 7.92X39 cartridge. He named it the “sturmgewehr” or “assault rifle”, or “assault weapon” , depending on translation.

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62 posted on 03/14/2016 4:56:21 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Wrong: Sturmgewehr translates to Assualt Rifle which is a specific type of automatic rifle.

Congress used the term Assualt Weapon starting in 1989 to try and cover a wide variety of weapons. (Sturmwaffe or Angriffs-waffe in German)

I didn’t say Assualt Rifle...


64 posted on 03/14/2016 3:02:34 PM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
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