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I have posted this before but some may have missed it
Topic Started: Jun 22 2016, 10:24 PM (179 Views)
Berton
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In a strict definition, a firearm must have at least the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:[2][3][4]

It must be an individual weapon
It must be capable of selective fire
It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle
Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine[5]
And it should have an effective range of at least 300 metres (330 yards)

Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are technically not assault rifles, despite frequently being called such.

For example:

Select-fire M2 Carbines are not assault rifles; their effective range is only 200 yards.[17]
Select-fire rifles such as the FN FAL battle rifle are not assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges.
Semi-automatic-only rifles like variants of the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities.
Semi-auto rifles with fixed magazines like the SKS are not assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines and are not capable of automatic fire.

The U.S. Army defines assault rifles as "short, compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between submachine gun and rifle cartridges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle

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More:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/11/so-what-is-an-assault-rifle-really-we-look-at-the-definitions-and-how-the-term-is-demonized/
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More:

http://www.assaultweapon.info/
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Selective fire rate is the qualifier here. The so called assault rifles available to the public are merely carbines.
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So if I were to be shot by what I thought was an assault weapon but turned out to be merely a carbine, it wouldn't hurt so much? I wouldn't be quite so dead?

Thank you for explaining that to me. I feel so much better now...
Edited by Brewster, Jun 22 2016, 11:03 PM.
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Brewster
Jun 22 2016, 11:02 PM
So if I were to be shot by what I thought was an assault weapon but turned out to be merely a carbine, it wouldn't hurt so much? I wouldn't be quite so dead?

Thank you for explaining that to me. I feel so much better now...
Also, Brew, as most weapons used in mass shootings are legally obtained, you can also take solace in the fact that no gun laws were broken
to facilitate your demise.

Just a good old boy having fun!
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Brewster
Jun 22 2016, 11:02 PM
So if I were to be shot by what I thought was an assault weapon but turned out to be merely a carbine, it wouldn't hurt so much? I wouldn't be quite so dead?

Thank you for explaining that to me. I feel so much better now...
The bullet is the same 223. So as you watch being shot, the last thing going thru your mind will be , hey that's a nice looking carbine, or that is one ugly assault rifle.
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Brew is one of those that thinks an AR can fire 5,000 rounds a second. lol I would love to see him shoot an auto and hold his finger on the trigger. He would blow his head off probably.
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