re: 70% of Young Americans think we should be allowed to own Assualt Rifles

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assault weapon is a political term to steer public opinion towards the anti-gun way of thinking

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What, did you just wake up or something?

You cannot blame the politicians for coining a term to have an effect on the population. You must blame the population for falling for it.

But tell me, how does the term 'assault weapon' necessarily steer someone towards a negative view of firearms, and 'assault rifle' not?

I submit, it doesn't. In another country, in another time, a government COULD HAVE coined the term 'assault weapon' to spur the population on to pick up anything they could in order to beat back an invader. "Pick up your assault bats today to drive the Hun out tomorrow!" the headlines could have read.

There is nothing inherently wrong or evil with the term 'assault weapon'. It is only given bad connotations in order to manipulate people. The problem is that people are so easily manipulated, not that the term itself is good or bad.

Like I said earlier, an shop owner decided the term was kind of cool, and so used it to promote the sale of merchandise from his sporting goods store. Are you now going to go tell him that he can't use that term because it a made up term to turn people away from guns, - all the while people are streaming into his shop to buy precisely what he is calling 'assault weapons'? I applaud the guy.

Embrace the 'assault weapon', buy one today!