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In reply to the discussion: Don't call it an assault weapon. [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)"Assault weapon" is a term of art denoting a close look-a-like to an Assault Rifle (a technical for a class of weapon used in militaries all over the world), but cannot fire FULL-AUTO. Assault weapons are not considered adequate for various militaries for this very lack full-auto feature. Hence, your AR-15s cannot be considered "military-grade.". Some wags in MSM will use "style" like a spoiler on a Dodge Charger has the "style" of a fully set up NASCAR vehicle.
But it ain't NASCAR.
By now, the corruption of acceptable terms and clear definitions in MSM (when it comes to gun bans) is recognizeable to all, and taken advantage of by banners. But the trouble prohibitionists will have will be of their own making: The banning of what they consider "Assault (fill in the blank"
will require that ALL semi-automatic arms be banned, and the constituency of those owners is tens of millions. That is why the banner/controllers have such little credibility. The duplicity and subterfuge is there for all to see.
On grandfathers' guns:. Google up Remington Model 8.