Are attributes of different "assault weapons" merely cosmetic?

[Ghost in the Machine]

65. "Assault Weapon" is a made up term, to confuse with "Assault Rifle". Hell, your MOUTH can be an ....

.... "Assault Weapon", since you can be arrested for "assault" just for threatening someone and causing them fear. "Battery" is when you actually lay hands someone, hence the term "assault and battery". ANYTHING used to attack another person is, in reality, an "assault weapon" whether it be a stick, baseball bat, frying pan, brass knuckles, an umbrella, a cane, etc., etc.

Here is a basic Ruger 10/22, aptly named because it is a .22 cal rifle equiped with a 10 round detactable magazine (not shown, but look in front of the trigger guard and you can see a tab sticking down.. that's the magazine lock/release lever.



Now, here is the exact same rifle, but in a different stock, called an Archangel Kit. It functions exactly the same, still semi-auto: one shot per trigger pull, except this one has a 25 round magazine.



Now that's a "Big Black Scary Gun", isn't it?? Yet the only difference from the one pictured above is a larger magazine capacity.

Now go ahead and accuse me of using NRA talking points or being an NRA shill or whatever. I have NEVER belonged to the NRA, never read ANY of their publications, nor have I EVER sent them a single penny. This is just *my* observation, but it seems like the anti-gunners here know more about "NRA Talking Points" than most of the gun owners do. I find that rather..... odd.

Ghost