Quoted: Looks like they rotate different polls.

correct.  i had to vote on about 6 different polls before i got to this one.

1139 votes in.

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 38.18%

No 61.82%


1142 votes so far in this poll  

68.5% NO

1143 votes.



HS1

Hit it

62.74 no
37.26 yes
1170 votes

What's an "assault rifle" ?     I have a pretty, black rifle that shoots either Remington .223, or NATO 5.56 ammo, but it's never assaulted anyone. Come to think of it, I've never assaulted anyone either.

63% No
37% Yes
1177 votes

1181- still 63%

And they aren't satisifed with their law enforcement and terrorists will hit a major public event next.

Quoted: What's an "assault rifle" ?     I have a pretty, black rifle that shoots either Remington .223, or NATO 5.56 ammo, but it's never assaulted anyone. Come to think of it, I've never assaulted anyone either.

If you are a jarhead as your username indicates, you used an assault rifle.

Hit, 63% no!

Should assault rifles be banned?
 
Yes
36.09%
No
63.91%

1208 votes so far in this poll

Hit it .  1213 votes  35.94% yes  64.06% NO

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 35.88%

No 64.12%


1215 votes so far in this poll  

Hit.

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 35.71%

No 64.29%


1221 votes so far in this poll  



Done deal

Hit it harder than a red headed step-child.

Yes 35.48%
No 64.52%

1229 Votes so far.

James

Quoted: Quoted: What's an "assault rifle" ?     I have a pretty, black rifle that shoots either Remington .223, or NATO 5.56 ammo, but it's never assaulted anyone. Come to think of it, I've never assaulted anyone either. If you are a jarhead as your username indicates, you used an assault rifle.

Really?....Strange, when I was issued my M16A2, the Armorer didn't say, "Here's your assault rifle, Recruit."...And when I was taught to shoot, in boot camp, my PMI didn't call it an assault rifle, he called it an M16A2. And when I purchased my Bushmaster, it didn't say "Bushmaster M4 Type, ASSAULT RIFLE".....as a matter of fact, the term "assault rifle" didn't technically  exist until the AWB in '94.....they had to invent a definition....


Edited: My M16A2 was an assault rifle......my Bushie M4 is not.....

Quoted: Really?....Strange, when I was issued my M16A2, the Armorer didn't say, "Here's your assault rifle, Recruit."...And when I was taught to shoot, in boot camp, my PMI didn't call it an assault rifle, he called it an M16A2. And when I purchased my Bushmaster, it didn't say "Bushmaster M4 Type, ASSAULT RIFLE".....as a matter of fact, the term "assault rifle" didn't technically  exist until the AWB in '94.....they had to invent a definition....

I think you're confusing "assault weapon" with "assault rifle"

Quoted: Quoted: Really?....Strange, when I was issued my M16A2, the Armorer didn't say, "Here's your assault rifle, Recruit."...And when I was taught to shoot, in boot camp, my PMI didn't call it an assault rifle, he called it an M16A2. And when I purchased my Bushmaster, it didn't say "Bushmaster M4 Type, ASSAULT RIFLE".....as a matter of fact, the term "assault rifle" didn't technically  exist until the AWB in '94.....they had to invent a definition.... I think you're confusing "assault weapon" with "assault rifle"

Let's compare  the criteria set forth in the (former) US Assault Weapons Ban , as well as in other Federal legislation:

(1) A semi-automatic rifle. Wrong. Full-automatic capability is a sine qua non of the true assault rifle. But since full-auto weapons were already illegal or virtually so - allowed only with prohibitively complicated and expensive licensing procedures - under Federal regulations going back to before World War II, an accurate definition would have made the whole business redundant. And we couldn't have that, could we?

(2) Detachable magazine. This is an absolute requirement under the terms of the Assault Weapons Ban: no detachable magazine, then it isn't considered an assault weapon. Correctly so; this is indeed a characteristic of the true assault rifle.

(3) Any two of the following:

Pistol grip type stock. Correct in a sense but irrelevant; the purpose of this type of stock is to make the assault rifle easier to control in full-automatic fire. In a semi-auto it has no effect one way or another; it is purely a matter of appearance and personal taste.

Bayonet mount, Totally irrelevant; most military rifles for centuries have taken bayonets, and at the same time some legitimate assault rifles don't.

Flash hider, grenade launcher, and/or threaded barrel. Equally irrelevant; these are features of military rifles, but not particularly the "assault" type - in fact the original assault rifle, the StG-44, didn't have a grenade launcher in its first versions, or a flash hider either. (It is claimed that a threaded barrel makes it possible to fit a silencer. In fact, for technical reasons, a rifle of this type cannot be effectively silenced.)

It will be seen that the SKS, so frequently referred to by the activists and the media as an "assault rifle," is no such thing, either by the correct military definition or that of the Assault Weapons Ban.

It will also be seen that the official definition of "assault rifle" has very little to do with the true meaning of the term - or indeed with anything to do with the effectiveness of a weapon, or its potential use in violent crime (how many drive-by bayonetings have you heard of?) - and is more concerned with cosmetic issues. Basically an "assault rifle," as the term is used by political activists and careless journalists, is any rifle that looks scary.

The activists would be far closer to the target if they would speak of "military-style rifles." That is really what they mean; and it would have the advantage, from their viewpoint, of taking in several non-assault-type weapons that they also would like to ban, such as the SKS and the M-1 carbine.

But "assault" sounds so much more menacing. So much more powerful and dangerous.

The man who coined the term "assault rifle" also said, "What matters is not what is true, but what is believed."

Read this

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle

Everybody else, hit the poll.

Out of the thirty or so times I tried to take the poll, I got that question ONCE. And when I tried answering no, instead of voting or giving me the results it  just gave me a different poll.

Assault Weapons
“Assault weapon” is an invented term. In the firearm lexicon, there is no such thing as an “assault weapon”. The closest relative is the “assault rifle”, which is a machine gun that fires a medium power rifle cartridge. The authoritative source is the Department of Defense Small Arms Identification and Operations Guide: Assault rifle is defined as “short, compact, select-fire weapons that fires a cartridge intermediate in power between submachine gun and rifle cartridges” – i.e. a machine gun.

Firearms often referred to as “assault weapons” have no greater firepower than a hunting rifle or handgun. They are styled to look like military weapons, but have no greater killing capacity than other civilian weapons. By coming up with a name for guns that appear menacing, anti-gun groups have promoted confusion in the public, and to some extent legislators, and the media, about common firearms. With this confusion, they were able to push through laws that banned certain firearms based only on their appearance, not on the basis of its use in crime, its ability to inflict injuries, or any other semi-logical reason. Because of this, you will often hear people in the gun rights movement refer to the “ugly gun ban”.

1254 votes...65.23% NO  !

JarheadPatriot, you're last post is correct.  It's your second post that caused the reply.

, it didn't say "Bushmaster M4 Type, ASSAULT RIFLE".....as a matter of fact, the term "assault rifle" didn't technically exist until the AWB in '94.....they had to invent a definition....

You clearly confused "assault rifle" with "assault weapon".  that is all.

Quoted: Read this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle Everybody else, hit the poll.

Assault rifle
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An assault rifle is a type of automatic rifle generally defined as a selective fire rifle or carbine (depending on the particular firearm's size), using intermediate-powered ammunition. They are categorized between the larger and heavier light machine gun and the weaker submachine gun. Assault rifles are the standard small arm in most modern armies, having largely replaced or suplemented the larger, more powerful rifles of the past.


Thank you for proving my point!.......Since my Bushmaster M4 IS NOT an AUTOMATIC rifle, it therefore IS NOT an "assault rifle"........now what?

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 34.47%

No 65.53%


1265 votes so far in this pol

Should assault rifles be banned?

Yes    34.49%
No 65.51%

1264 votes so far in this poll

Yes  
34.44%
No
65.56%

1266 votes so far in this poll

When I said, "one more refresh, and I give up" it finally showed up...took about a dozen tries.

What kind of results do they hope get from revolving, random polls?

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: What's an "assault rifle" ?     I have a pretty, black rifle that shoots either Remington .223, or NATO 5.56 ammo, but it's never assaulted anyone. Come to think of it, I've never assaulted anyone either. If you are a jarhead as your username indicates, you used an assault rifle. Really?....Strange, when I was issued my M16A2, the Armorer didn't say, "Here's your assault rifle, Recruit."...And when I was taught to shoot, in boot camp, my PMI didn't call it an assault rifle, he called it an M16A2. And when I purchased my Bushmaster, it didn't say "Bushmaster M4 Type, ASSAULT RIFLE".....as a matter of fact, the term "assault rifle" didn't technically  exist until the AWB in '94.....they had to invent a definition.... Edited: My M16A2 was an assault rifle......my Bushie M4 is not.....

You are incorrect.  The term assault rifle has existed since WWII.  It means a select fire, magazine fed rifle that fires an intermediate cartridge.

The term that arose from the AWB was "semiautomatic assault weapon", also referred to as "assault weapon".  It was done to create confusion and, obviously, it worked.

Whether your armorer or PMI called them assault rifles or not, that is exactly what the M16/M4 family of rifles is.

Took a few tries, but I finally got it to come up.

Hit!

Woody

Yes  
33.90%
No
66.10%

1286 votes so far in this poll

OK

Yes 33.82%

No 66.18%

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Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 33.72%

No 66.28%


1296 votes so far in this poll  

Yes  
33.54%
No
66.46%

1303 votes so far in this poll

Hit it.


Yes 33.46%

No 66.54%


1306 votes so far in this poll  

I hit the poll again from another computer...

Yes 33.23% No 66.77% 1315 votes so far in this poll

 

Yes 33.06%

No 66.94%


1322 votes so far in this poll  

I had to refresh 7 times, finally got the correct poll.

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
 
Yes
32.98%
No
67.02%

1325 votes so far in this poll

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
 
Yes
32.78%
No
67.22%

1336 votes so far in this poll

Yes  
32.66%
No
67.34%

You know, a lot of these type polls could care less about what you think, but merely list a hot button issue so you will vote, thereby giving them a legitimate IP address to sell to pop up spammers.

Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 32.52%

No 67.48%


1350 votes so far in this poll  

Quoted: You know, a lot of these type polls could care less about what you think, but merely list a hot button issue so you will vote, thereby giving them a legitimate IP address to sell to pop up spammers.

I think you mean "couldn't care less".

Its been hit!

Mark.

Some goofy polls on that board ...

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
 
Yes
32.14%
No
67.86%

1366 votes so far in this poll

Poll Results
Should assault rifles be banned?
   
Yes 31.88%

No 68.12%


1377 votes so far in this poll  

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