So what is an assault rifle?

[togor]

So those locals who passed their law think they're on the wrong side of history?

[togor]

"...gun owners who coined the term..." Nope. Adolf Hitler coined the term for the first such firearm the StG 44 during W.W. II. It means a select fire, mag fed, weapon chambered in the same calibre as the PBI rifle but with a smaller cartridge.
The second and only other such firearm is the AK-47. All the rest, like the M-16, the FAL and their 'semi-auto only' children, are battle rifles not assault rifles. The issue is all the gun rags and over-the-counter banter in gun shops(isn't just U.S. shops) using incorrect terms that feed the assorted anti-firearm gangs.

Not sure if matching bore diameter is a truly necessary criteria for determining if a gun is in the category. Reduced power cartridge for increased round count and control in rapid fire (incl. full auto) seems like the essential criteria. Depends on how much of a stickler you want to be. But by another name the M4 certainly does the same job.

[noslack327]

According to the new Webster definition a assault rifle is anything that looks like a military rifle.... Bahahahahahahah.

[Former Cav]

If you were an American Indian and the cavalry was after you, anything was an "assault weapon".

It's all about marketing. The gun companies shoot themselves in the proverbial foot.
Tactical rifle.... OOOOH BAD!
Varmint firle.......... SAME THING but NOT BAD!! and about $200 cheaper.

Oh yeah, TACTI-KOOL..... We are all real "operators" now.

The libs are afraid of statues so why wouldn't they be afraid of a gun?????

[AZshooter]

"Assault Rifle" is terminology ginned up by the anti-gun media. It is intended to be repeated incessantly, until accepted as a true definition. The same ploy worked with the term "immigrants" which the sheeple now accept as meaning "illegals".

Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.

[Allen]

"Assault Rifle" is terminology ginned up by the anti-gun media. It is intended to be repeated incessantly, until accepted as a true definition. The same ploy worked with the term "immigrants" which the sheeple now accept as meaning "illegals".

Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth.

+1

[leftyo]

its pretty simple, an assault rifle is any rifle with which you actually assault someone. any other rifle is not an assault rifle.

[JB White]

its pretty simple, an assault rifle is any rifle with which you actually assault someone. any other rifle is not an assault rifle.

True. Our little choir loft on the internet will probably give you a big Halleluiah and an AMEN! Now try selling that notion where it really matters, like to the folks who refuse to believe it. They only believe in their own BS, misinformed lies and zippy catch phrases.
Hate to say this but we may need to assault them someday.

[leftyo]

True. Our little choir loft on the internet will probably give you a big Halleluiah and an AMEN! Now try selling that notion where it really matters, like to the folks who refuse to believe it. They only believe in their own BS, misinformed lies and zippy catch phrases.
Hate to say this but we may need to assault them someday.

oh i know very well that trying to convince any of the liberals out there is much like trying to convince a religious zealot that they might not have all the facts. even the traditional description of an assault rifle"select fire, mid sized cartridge, etc" means nothing to them.

[JB White]

Let's not get them talking about "machine pistols".