What makes a assault weapon?This is a discussion on What makes a assault weapon? within the Gun Rights forums, part of the Gun Forum category; I thought an assault rifle was what you were carrying when you began the assault....
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December 20th, 2012, 08:12 AM
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#16 | | Old Salt
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I thought an assault rifle was what you were carrying when you began the assault.
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December 20th, 2012, 09:11 AM
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#17 | | Lifer
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Full-auto capability
Fires an intermediate cartridge
Shorter profile
High-cap magazines
Flash hider/supressor
Not to be confused with a battle rifle.
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December 20th, 2012, 09:23 AM
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#18 | | Squad Leader
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A Sturmgewehr 44?
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December 20th, 2012, 03:23 PM
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#19 | | Automatic Rifleman
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| If you could ask Able, it probably would have been a club
When sticks and stones are outlawed.
Only Outlaws will have sticks and stones.
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December 20th, 2012, 03:53 PM
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#20 | | Automatic Rifleman
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Originally Posted by Wayne M  I thought an assault rifle was what you were carrying when you began the assault. | This. Quote:
Originally Posted by KapnKrunch A Sturmgewehr 44? | and this.
Sturmgewehr (I'm not sure on the spelling-I'm pretty sure I've spelled it a few different ways) does mean "Assault Rifle" but only because it was for propaganda (Assault Rifle sounds better than Defense Rifle lol). In an ASSAULT, Germans could have anything from a StuG ASSAULT GUN to a Kar98k.
So as far as I know, an "assault" rifle is using assault just as a verb (or adverb at least). Hell, an "Assault Weapon" could be an antique cavalry sword! Those were used in ASSAULTS!
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December 20th, 2012, 04:34 PM
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#21 | | Old Salt
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| We can convince each other of this line of reasoning....no problem. But we need to convince them, whoever "them" is, and now isn't the time to try, I think. The tragedy of those kids being killed is just too fresh. Reason hasn't come back into the discussion yet.
We should keep our heads, keep it down for awhile and work on a logical (and valid) reasoning to bring to the table. IMHO. 
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December 20th, 2012, 04:40 PM
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#22 | | Platoon Sergeant
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the real definitions seem to have been covered, what has been left out is the definition that holds true for the media and the public that hear from them.
In this case an assault weapon is any firearm or firearm like device that can be misreported by the media to be an AK 47
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December 20th, 2012, 04:50 PM
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#23 | | Platoon Sergeant
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Humm assault rifle....now if your on the loosing end of a 12ga beretta over and under, and I blow a hole the size of a base ball in your chest ...that is Not a assault weapon...but it I shoot you with a 7.62*39 round from a ak clone ...thats a assault weapon and thats bad...ahhhh im not getting it.
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December 20th, 2012, 06:46 PM
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#24 | | Lifer
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Originally Posted by hammonje Full-auto capability
Fires an intermediate cartridge
Shorter profile
High-cap magazines
Flash hider/supressor
Not to be confused with a battle rifle. | Very good answer hammonje!
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December 20th, 2012, 07:43 PM
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#25 | | Lifer
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That thing that goes up. Duh....
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December 20th, 2012, 09:43 PM
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#26 | | Newbie
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Originally Posted by meterman well most of the panty wearing idiots that are anti-gun use no logic | Hey, not all of us are anti-gun and use no logic! Oh... wait... Quote:
Originally Posted by ROCKLEIN What makes a assault weapon?... my fear is getting the deaf and dumb to comprehend. | I know that Facebook is a terrible place, but since it came to be part of our society when I was in college, I fear I'll never be able to ditch it. That said, I've involved myself in numerous arguments with people who are totally convinced that "semi-auto" means "auto" and will not accept the difference. It also turns out that I'm "friends" with some people who against "owning objects that put holes in other objects". I would de-friend some of these people, but it's really enlightening in a frightening way. (sorry, rhyme). The majority of people who make up the opposition to firearms are ignorant, misguided, misinformed, believe anything anti-gunners tell them, and often make up their own anti-gun facts. Fighting willful ignorance is a tough fight. Your fear is justified and then some.
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December 20th, 2012, 10:49 PM
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#27 | | Automatic Rifleman
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Originally Posted by IronPriest Hey, not all of us are anti-gun and use no logic! Oh... wait...
I know that Facebook is a terrible place, but since it came to be part of our society when I was in college, I fear I'll never be able to ditch it. That said, I've involved myself in numerous arguments with people who are totally convinced that "semi-auto" means "auto" and will not accept the difference. It also turns out that I'm "friends" with some people who against "owning objects that put holes in other objects". I would de-friend some of these people, but it's really enlightening in a frightening way. (sorry, rhyme). The majority of people who make up the opposition to firearms are ignorant, misguided, misinformed, believe anything anti-gunners tell them, and often make up their own anti-gun facts. Fighting willful ignorance is a tough fight. Your fear is justified and then some. | Against things that put holes in other things? So they'd be against owning: 
And 
And 
To name a few.
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December 20th, 2012, 10:50 PM
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#28 | | Squad Leader
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Dems consider assault weapons anything over a .22lr
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December 20th, 2012, 11:34 PM
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#29 | | Rifleman
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Originally Posted by Wayne M I thought an assault rifle was what you were carrying when you began the assault. | yeah I was gonna say the one in my hands when I decide shoot ya 
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December 21st, 2012, 12:31 AM
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#30 | | Designated Marksman
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Assault is a kind of behavior, not a kind of hardware.
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