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There is no such thing as an assault rifle

Posted on 5/26/22 at 8:59 am
Posted by brett408
Member since Jan 2005
2426 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 8:59 am
There is no such thing as an assault rifle. This is a made up term by the communists to make any semi-automatic rifle sound scary.

AR does not stand for "assault rifle". It stands for ARmalite Rifle, because it was designed by Armalite initially.

I realize that most on here know this, but I thought I would play Captain Obvious for a minute.
Posted by gaetti15
AK
Member since Apr 2013
13365 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:00 am to
outlaw semi-automatic .223s!

that's how I read it everytime I see assault rifle in articles...makes it seem so ridiculous.
Posted by Wtodd
Tampa, FL
Member since Oct 2013
67482 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:01 am to
What about assault hammers? Assault SUVs?
Posted by idlewatcher
County Jail
Member since Jan 2012
79081 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:02 am to
quote:

ARmalite


Sounds kinda racist to me.
Posted by GumboPot
Member since Mar 2009
118761 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:04 am to
The term "assault rifle" fits perfectly in Democrat language. It's ambiguous and can be redefine in the middle of a debate. Assault weapon is any weapon because that is the definition of a weapon, its purpose is a tool to assault. They do at least narrow it down to a rifle but that still remains subjective. As we stand now rifles with wooden stocks are not assault rifles and rifles with metal black stocks are assault rifles albeit both can do the same amount of assaulting.
This post was edited on 5/26/22 at 9:06 am
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24954 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:05 am to
Assault is an action not an object
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20892 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:05 am to
I prefer the term battle rifle.
Posted by Jbird
In Bidenville with EthanL
Member since Oct 2012
73439 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:11 am to
@mffisher
Invented for Nazi infantrymen, further developed by the US military, the AR-15 was the Texas school shooter’s weapon of choice….

Posted by brett408
Member since Jan 2005
2426 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:23 am to
quote:

@mffisher
Invented for Nazi infantrymen, further developed by the US military, the AR-15 was the Texas school shooter’s weapon of choice….


Liberals are stupid and have zero historical knowledge. the first AR, the AR1 was developed in 1952, long after the Nazis were dead and gone.

It is also important to note that Nazis were socialist liberals.
Posted by CHSTigersFan
Charleston, Arkansas
Member since Jan 2005
2738 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:28 am to
These are also not “weapons of war”
Posted by HeadSlash
TEAM LIVE BADASS - St. GEORGE
Member since Aug 2006
49639 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:32 am to
Actually, Armalite Richfield. It was a division of Fairchild Aviation for weapons development.

And who is the hell would want a semiautomatic in a war these days?
Posted by thetempleowl
dallas, tx
Member since Jul 2008
14827 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:36 am to
Actually assault rifle originally I believe was used to describe a weapon that had a selector switch and could fire semi automatic or full automatic.

The ar15, which can fire only semi automatic is not an assault rifle.

But it looks scary.
Posted by brett408
Member since Jan 2005
2426 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:37 am to
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And who is the hell would want a semiautomatic in a war these days?


It is not only that. I would much rather have a .762 for fighting a war. With Joe Biden's logic, a deer rifle is a better weapon of war than a .556. A semiautomatic .3006 is much more dangerous than a basic .223 Ar15 any day.

Democrats have zero clue.

Not to mention that a .40 cal handgun is much more effective at close range.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35022 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:39 am to
quote:

Liberals are stupid and have zero historical knowledge. the first AR, the AR1 was developed in 1952, long after the Nazis were dead and gone.


I mean, she is probably referencing the STG-44 which many do call the first “modern assault rifle” but even that claim is dubious at best.
Posted by Uncle Stu
#AlbinoLivesMatter
Member since Aug 2004
33659 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:40 am to
If I stab you in the eye with a butterknife, is it now an "Assault Weapon"?

do we need common sense utensil regulation?
Posted by Tbone2
Member since Jun 2015
581 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 9:51 am to
Well if you are talking about close range weapons, give me a shotgun.
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 10:04 am to
The notion that "There is no such thing as an assault rifle" is just silly.

The term "assault rifle" is a direct translation of the German word Sturmgewehr. It was used by the German military during the WW2 era to differentiate the new Maschinenpistole 43 (later re-designated Sturmgewehr 44) from existing German submachine guns such as the Maschinenpistole 40.


vs (not same scale, BTW)


The Sturmgewehr (Assault Rifle) 44 is generally considered the first widely-adopted, selective-fire rifle of its type, and the term "assault rifle" is used to describe firearms sharing the same basic characteristics as the StG 44. Many weapons in the M-16 family clearly fit that description.

One can certainly argue whether the AR-15 is an "assault rifle," since it has no full-auto setting, but many of its cousins in the M-16 family do share the basic characteristics of the Sturmgewehr 44.
This post was edited on 5/26/22 at 10:26 am
Posted by AggieHank86
Texas
Member since Sep 2013
42941 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 10:08 am to
quote:

@mffisher
Invented for Nazi infantrymen, further developed by the US military, the AR-15 was the Texas school shooter’s weapon of choice….
Yeah, Fisher is wrong. Obviously, the AR-15 was not developed by Germany. But the AR-15 family is a direct descendant of the Sturmgewehr concept.
Posted by timdonaghyswhistle
Member since Jul 2018
16285 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 10:09 am to
You can sense their frustration that the usual playbook of word play, definitions, narratives, and such has failed on this issue.
Posted by Chazreinhold
Utah
Member since Oct 2020
5749 posts
Posted on 5/26/22 at 10:14 am to
FN Herstal really needs to change their Acronym for their FN SCAR
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