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| Change of weapons terms |
| 2013-01-24 |
| For as long as the Mexican Drug War continues and I can still report on it, I will stop using the term assault rifle to refer to modern rifles such as the M1A, AK-47 and AR-15 rifles. Not because those weapons are icky, but because the term is incorrect. Technically assault rifles are select fire weapons while the AR-15s and AK47s may or not not be select fire, depending on where the shooters accessed their weapons. Not that this change will change the current attempt to ban all modern weapons in the US, but it will more correctly define what has been reported. As time goes on, archival stories in Rantburg and Borderland Beat will be corrected as they can be. I am very sorry if previous reportage has confused anyone in this forum. (heh) Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #7 If it can be fired as a true automatic, it is an assault rifle. But the domestically sold AK-47 is a semi automatic and therefore not an assault rifle. |
| Posted by: badanov 2013-01-24 23:47 |
| #6 I thought the Kalashnikov AK-47 *was* an assault rifle. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-01-24 23:41 |
| #5 Lead therapy. |
| Posted by: lotp 2013-01-24 15:49 |
| #4 I mean these peeps would ban a Portable Random Photon Emitter but likely keep a flashlight in their glovebox and by the bed. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-01-24 15:41 |
| #3 Semi-automatic kinetic defensive hugger. Semi-auto kinetic therapy. Modern terminal kinetic therapeutic device |
| Posted by: Shipman 2013-01-24 15:39 |
| #2 change starts with a step in the right direction |
| Posted by: Frank G 2013-01-24 14:59 |
| #1 Good idea. The term "assault rifles" is a term the leftist gun-grabber politicians throw around to further their agenda. My advice to them: "If they don't like firearms, don't buy one." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-01-24 09:40 |