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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:49:14 AM EDT
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It's a stupid term that some gun rag came up with back in the 80's. I want to say it was G&A but I might be wrong.
But it was an article in a rag that coined the term. It's bullshit and meaningless. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:50:17 AM EDT
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Some dumbass FUDD probably thought "AR" meant assault rifle.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:50:27 AM EDT
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So is my model 70 in 30-06 with a walnut stock and 3-9 scope a sniper rifle?
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:50:52 AM EDT
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It's a stupid term that some gun rag came up with back in the 80's. I want to say it was G&A but I might be wrong. But it was an article in a rag that coined the term. It's bullshit and meaningless. I thought it was just a rough translation of Sturmgewehr. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:50:53 AM EDT
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No.
The best thing we can do is to not let then control the language. The use of assault is to bring a mental imagery of violence. It's the same reason they stick it in front of pistols, magazines, drums, and clips. Just because it's almost a correct usage is only coincidental. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:51:37 AM EDT
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My rifles aren't assaulting anyone. Therefore, they aren't assault rifles.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:55:43 AM EDT
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My rifles aren't assaulting anyone. Therefore, they aren't assault rifles. Bingo. Terms like "assault weapon" are a blanket, autistic term used by people who like to sensationalize things. I want to see the next news story about rape use terms like "high capacity sperm holding testicle" or "fully erect assault penis." |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 3:57:48 AM EDT
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so, ok- when the media asks the masses- Should Joe Blow average citizen be able to possess "Assault rifles" and that question is put on your ballot in the form of a proposition vote and the low-information voter THINKS machine gun but in reality we are talking semi-automatic rifle that most people are actually ok with--what then?
Maybe you didn't pay attention when the left spins their web of lies after every mass shooting and has assholes everywhere- "expert" assholes stating such bullshit like "bullet buttons make AR's fully automatic" and shit. "Scopes make any rifle a sniper rifle".  Gregg Jarrett Bullet Button fully automatic AR15 fubar |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:00:24 AM EDT
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I have not been paying attention, does the military call M16, M4, AR15 assault weapons?
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:02:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:04:42 AM EDT
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so, ok- when the media asks the masses- Should Joe Blow average citizen be able to possess "Assault rifles" and that question is put on your ballot in the form of a proposition vote and the low-information voter THINKS machine gun but in reality we are talking semi-automatic rifle that most people are actually ok with--what then? Maybe you didn't pay attention when the left spins their web of lies after every mass shooting and has assholes everywhere- "expert" assholes stating such bullshit like "bullet buttons make AR's fully automatic" and shit. "Scopes make any rifle a sniper rifle".  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLD3erPe_s |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:07:19 AM EDT
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No. Pedantic is throwing out knowledge where it does not belong or is not needed. People that get jacked about gun terms are usually just being stupid.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:15:16 AM EDT
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Unfortunately, most of the general public (mostly the non-gun owners) don't even have a clue what a real, "Assault Weapon/Rifle" is. The definition for most, has been hi-jacked by the anti-gun media and liberal politicians. It's common for them to think that any magazine fed, semi-automatic, black colored rifle is an "Assault Weapon." Then again, most don't even know the difference between full auto and semi-automatic.
But, Hillary said we should ban them so.....why not? It's got to be dangerous if it's first name is "ASSAULT." Rrrright. Even the supposedly "educated" don't know what the hell is going on..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CTWNwNLttU So, being pedantic over the word's definition affords us an opportunity to correct and educate the general public. Who knows....if they were wrong about "assault weapons." Then, what else could they have been wrong about? Here's your chance. Aloha, Mark |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:18:25 AM EDT
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What if I like "assault weapons?"
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:19:10 AM EDT
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It's a stupid term that some gun rag came up with back in the 80's. I want to say it was G&A but I might be wrong. But it was an article in a rag that coined the term. It's bullshit and meaningless. This is correct. I think more than one rag- all the "deadly military grade firepower" stuff that the gun grabbers spout? Yeah, they didn't even make that up. Josh What's-his-fuck basically saw those magazine covers and said, "bingo, that's exactly how we'll present it to soccer moms". It's important to insist that people know what they're talking about if they're going to broadcast their opinion. Are they assault rifles? Might as well be I guess. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:26:56 AM EDT
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I don't really care what you call them.
They're cool as fuck! |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:36:57 AM EDT
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That bolt action rifle that was sent to the wrong address...
On the local news channel (FOX 10) they showed a picture of an AR15.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 4:52:07 AM EDT
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It is a waste of time to sneer at someone's language if they're trying to have a discussion about policy with you. It's a nice thought-terminating cliche, since you get to say "you don't know the words, so i don't have to consider your argument because you're ignorant of the technical details of this topic", but you're never going to convince anyone of shit if all you do is smack your lips and say "actually..." every time they say "clip".
And sure, it's a point against anti-gun people that they often fail to educate themselves about the subject they want to dictate policy on. I'm just saying it's some high-school-debate-team bullshit to sneer and declare victory because you spent the whole discussion defining terms. But most of the time people don't argue about politics to convince the other person of anything, or to find some kind of mutually-acceptable middle ground. Mostly people argue politics to jerk off. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:06:23 AM EDT
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I don't know.
We were having a family shoot last July and my oddball BIL said "Holy crap, how many assault rifles do you own? I said " None". I only have semi-autos. So I guess I'm "that guy". |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:11:23 AM EDT
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I have not been paying attention, does the military call M16, M4, AR15 assault weapons? No. It would be the equivalent of professional race car drivers referring to their "hot rod". |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:13:32 AM EDT
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I just call them "rifles".
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:16:56 AM EDT
[#22]
It is just a rifle..
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:20:00 AM EDT
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It is just a rifle.. Modular sporting rifle |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 6:34:50 AM EDT
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That one really came back to bite us in the ass, didn't it?
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Posted: 12/17/2016 7:10:29 AM EDT
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No. The best thing we can do is to not let then control the language. The use of assault is to bring a mental imagery of violence. It's the same reason they stick it in front of pistols, magazines, drums, and clips. Just because it's almost a correct usage is only coincidental. Who cares? Since no weapon should be banned, I don't give a shit what they call any weapon. When you argue with them on this, you are de facto admitting that automatic weapons should be regulated. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 7:13:30 AM EDT
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No it's not, OP.
Not once have I ever referred to any of my guns as assault rifles. Not because Im purposely not using the term, but because they're not. I am guilty of saying 'battle rifle' though for 308 magazine fed semi-auto carbines. 
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Posted: 12/17/2016 7:27:21 AM EDT
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What was that old joke about the reporter asking the Marine office how he felt about training young men to be killers? She said the Marines were giving them the training and the equipment to be killers, therefore they were training them to be killers.
He asked her if she'd been trained to be a prostitute, because she had the training and the equipment. Is my car a race car? High performance engine, suspension, brakes, etc? Just because it has similar equipment? Get over it. Or go somewhere and talk about assault clubs, assault axes, assault bows, knives, etc., etc. It's not the tool, it's the operator. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 7:49:24 AM EDT
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Who cares? Since no weapon should be banned, I don't give a shit what they call any weapon. When you argue with them on this, you are de facto admitting that automatic weapons should be regulated. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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No. The best thing we can do is to not let then control the language. The use of assault is to bring a mental imagery of violence. It's the same reason they stick it in front of pistols, magazines, drums, and clips. Just because it's almost a correct usage is only coincidental. Who cares? Since no weapon should be banned, I don't give a shit what they call any weapon. When you argue with them on this, you are de facto admitting that automatic weapons should be regulated. And how am I de facto arguing anything? I'd really like to know. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:01:17 AM EDT
[#29]
It's not an assault rifle. Stop using their negative rhetoric.
By your logic, then pistols are assault guns...since the military and police use them. My shotgun must be an assault shotgun...since the military use those too.... .mil get to use full auto, cans, and SBR's without all the bullshit. No, they are not the same. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:26:32 AM EDT
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I remember awhile back reading about some domestic alphabet agency buying bunches of M4 personal defence weapons, so all of my guns are PDWs too.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:30:13 AM EDT
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No, in a world where the left defines whatever the hell bullshit terms they are making up and insists people go by them, we can too.
Use their own retarded tactics against them. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:33:07 AM EDT
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So is my model 70 in 30-06 with a walnut stock and 3-9 scope a sniper rifle? Of course, it depends on how you use it, or if you are a deer. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:47:29 AM EDT
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I thought it was just a rough translation of Sturmgewehr. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It's a stupid term that some gun rag came up with back in the 80's. I want to say it was G&A but I might be wrong. But it was an article in a rag that coined the term. It's bullshit and meaningless. I thought it was just a rough translation of Sturmgewehr. It is. "Assault weapon" is the term coined by a magazine writer in the 1980s. Notice that the two terms are now interchangeable in the minds of some people. It's a great illustration of the power of propaganda. Control the medium. Control the message. Influence people. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:49:29 AM EDT
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It's never disingenuous to refute the gun grabbing left when they attempt to incorrectly frame their anti gun argument and take control of any discussion by means of false, inflammatory, terminology.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 8:58:41 AM EDT
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Why assault rifle?
Why not defense rifle? Or target rifle? Or sporting rifle? Or just rifle? More people use them for these purposes than for assaulting and killing. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:11:04 AM EDT
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No. It would be the equivalent of professional race car drivers referring to their "hot rod". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I have not been paying attention, does the military call M16, M4, AR15 assault weapons? No. It would be the equivalent of professional race car drivers referring to their "hot rod". i interact with current and former .mil trigger pullers from all branches, many of them ( particularly marsoc / fmr force recon ) have verbally used the term "assaulter" to refer to the guy going in to the house/camp/etc. if a person can be an assaulter i imagine he might carry an assault rifle, but these guys refer to specific guns by their exact names, they occasionally say "rifle" "sidearm" but usually it is m4 m16 etc etc. i have never actually heard them use "assault rifle". for most of them any rifle in their hands could be an "assault rifle" if something needs assaulted. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:15:16 AM EDT
[#37]
Freedom Rifle fits better.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:18:26 AM EDT
[#38]
It's become an alarmist buzzword that the media and others with an agenda use to scare people.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:19:31 AM EDT
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Words mean something.
Assault means it's useful to assault, as in (to most people) ASSAULT and Battery. That's aggressive, offensive and ILLEGAL. You can just as easily assault someone with a handgun or even a knife but they'r not labeled as such. Alinsky application. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:20:03 AM EDT
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Please hand me the "murder weapon"... oh I meant the "kitchen knife".
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:25:25 AM EDT
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I think you are confusing the term "assault rifle" - which is a legit term - with the sensationalist term "assault weapon".
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:26:31 AM EDT
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I have met many people who thought AR stood for assault rifle.
My wife, armed with the knowledge it stood for armalite rifle and its history was abke yo get some female coworkers to calm down and go shooting with us. That is a win. Don't concede language. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:27:12 AM EDT
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Some dumbass FUDD probably thought "AR" meant assault rifle. Not just a FUDD. I've run across anti gunners that thought AR meant assault rifle and told me which is it we couldn't say it wasn't and then call it an AR. They did thank me for educating them about Armalite but not much else changed. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:32:30 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:33:12 AM EDT
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Yet when they use the technically correct term "Silencer" the gun lobby falls over itself to go "Noo, They're Suppressors!" It's the exact opposite.
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:34:55 AM EDT
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Who cares? Since no weapon should be banned, I don't give a shit what they call any weapon. When you argue with them on this, you are de facto admitting that automatic weapons should be regulated. This. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:35:25 AM EDT
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It's not disingenuous. Words have meanings. And I'm not about to allow gun grabbers to define reality with their bullshit terms to scare the sheep. The average American doesn't care if you own a semi auto rifle, even if it accepts a "high" (again, the real term is standard) capacity magazine.
Military grade assault weapon? You might start to get some movement on the needle. Don't let liberals frame the conversation. Ever. Or before you know it, your M1 is a banned assault weapon and your Remington 700 is a banned military sniper rifle. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:37:38 AM EDT
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Yet when they use the technically correct term "Silencer" the gun lobby falls over itself to go "Noo, They're Suppressors!" It's the exact opposite. False. Suppressor do not "silence" gun shots. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:40:09 AM EDT
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Some dumbass FUDD probably thought "AR" meant assault rifle. This is exactly my thought as well. There are things that people say that make the hair on my neck stand up. That is one of them, along with "fair share" and "inequality". Some phrases just tick me off. <img src=http://www.ar15.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_kisses.gif border=0 align=middle> ETA It also depends on who is saying it and how as to my level of pissyness. |
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Posted: 12/17/2016 9:41:24 AM EDT
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False. Suppressor do not "silence" gun shots. Doesn't matter, Its the technically correct term. Maxim called them Silencers on the patents in the late 1800/early 1900, The ATF classifies them as "Silencers" and has no federal definition for the term "Suppressor" Infact the word "Suppressor" doesn't appear on a patent until sometime in the 1980's. They are regulated federally as Silencers. Try building one without filing a tax stamp because "Its a suppressor!!1 It doesn't silence the gun so its not a silencer!" And see what happens :) |
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