Am I the only one who thinks this way????

[DD977GM2]

We as ar-15 afficionados I feel should know better. I have no idea why anyone who
owns or has owned or enjoys the ar15 platform would call their rifle an "assault" any damn thing.

We ,in this instance, are our own worst enemy. The ar15 is not an assualt rifle.
It is a EBR, Enhanced Black Rifle, or modified sporting rifle or any other damn
name other than using the term assault in our description of this wonderfully fun rifle. [Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang]



ETA: Added the second comma after Ridge called me out[NoEvil]

[45XD]

I have an "assault" Cold Steel Kukri.
I used it this weekend to "assault" some tree branches that were infringing on my campsite and also near the latrine we dug.
I also plan to use it to "assault" the 5 foot snake dug in under my front porch. I think it's eating the rabbits, which I, of course. was planning to eat.
So there's that.

[10mm-man]

So now we need to be more PC for the libs? Wait let me add Ar-15 aficionados..... lol he said "afficionados "...

Would you feel better if I removed "assault" from my pistol listing? I thought it was funny and actually timed how long before someone posted about it. [ROFL1]

In times like this I always remember something my old dead attorney use to say: "Fuck em if they can't take a joke!"

[DangerLee_Industries]

We as ar-15 afficionados I feel should know better. I have no idea why anyone who
owns or has owned or enjoys the ar15 platform would call their rifle an "assault" any damn thing.

We ,in this instance, are our own worst enemy. The ar15 is not an assualt rifle.
It is a EBR, Enhanced Black Rifle or modified sporting rifle or any other damn
name other than using the term assault in our description of this wonderfully fun rifle. [Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang][Bang]

I feel the same way when folks post like that... Also this current banter of my barrel is bigger than your barrel lately really reflects poorly on all of us...

[DD977GM2]

So now we need to be more PC for the libs? Wait let me ad Ar-15 aficionados..... lol he said "afficionados "...

Would you feel better if I removed "assault" from my pistol listing? I thought it was funny and actually timed how long before someone posted about it. [ROFL1]

In time like this I always remember something my old dead attorney use to say: "Fuck em if they can't take a joke!"

You posted so I can say yes your post was what got me.

I think it only feeds to the antis if we continue to use the term "assault"
and aids in the agenda to get the ar15 banned.

If you throw logic into the arguement, what arewe assaulting with the ar15?
We are using it in legitimate sporting events, target shooting and marksmenship.
So to call the ar15 an assault rifle is a misnomer and just adds fuel to the fire.
Im not saying be PC here, but I saying that the term isnt a correct term for our beloved rifle.

[10mm-man]

You posted so I can say yes your post was what got me.

I think it only feeds to the antis if we continue to use the term "assault"
and aids in the agenda to get the ar15 banned.

If you throw logic into the arguement, what arewe assaulting with the ar15?
We are using it in legitimate sporting events, target shooting and marksmenship.
So to call the ar15 an assault rifle is a misnomer and just adds fuel to the fire.
Im not saying be PC here, but I saying that the term isnt a correct term for our beloved rifle.

It's an Oxymoron...

Here is the post so others can see: http://www.ar15.co/forums/showthread.php?t=58265

Someone buy it quick so I can delete the thread..... Hurry before some anti comes along and sends it to Bloomberg to use as fuel.... [Beer]

[DD977GM2]

Here is the post so others can see: http://www.ar15.co/forums/showthread.php?t=58265

Someone buy it quick so I can delete the thread..... Hurry before some anti comes along and sends it to Bloomberg to use as fuel.... [Beer]

Its the principle of it.

Lets just say for arguements sake, the very liberal gal in your hypothetical office after last weeks tragedy suddenly
became interested in protecting herself with a pistol. You mention you would be willing to take her
to the gun range and let her shoot your 22, 9mm your shotgun and also your AR both with the 22lr conversion and the regualr 5.56.
Would you outright say to her, "Yeah I will bring my ar15 assualt rifle for you to shoot a mag or two out of."
Or would you word it a bit more carefully if not word it a bit better for her to
start out on the right foot and call the rifle by its real nomenclature instead of
some anti media's description to sell more papers etc?

[Scanker19]

I say gun. Sometimes I'll get a wild hair up my ass and add a demonstrative adjective and say "that gun" when referring to my AR.

[10mm-man]

Its the principle of it.

Lets just say for arguements sake, the very liberal gal in your hypothetical office after last weeks tragedy suddenly
became interested in protecting herself with a pistol. You mention you would be willing to take her
to the gun range and let her shoot your 22, 9mm your shotgun and also your AR both with the 22lr conversion and the regualr 5.56.
Would you outright say to her, "Yeah I will bring my ar15 assualt rifle for you to shoot a mag or two out of."
Or would you word it a bit more carefully if not word it a bit better for her to
start out on the right foot and call the rifle by its real nomenclature instead of
some anti media's description to sell more papers etc?

You called me out and schooled me, now if it was full auto, could I call it assault?

I just hope it sells quickly so someone can go assault some targets, wild hog, groundhogs, or use in an other legal means they wish.... [Beer]

Hope you sleep better knowing that you "taught" me the proper way to talk about my rifle. I will actually feel much better explaining my high capacity rifle in this way . I can see your point and believe it will make those anti's feel much better about it, just by dropping the "assault" part from it. Thanks!

[DD977GM2]

You called me out and schooled me, now if it was full auto, could I call it assault?

I just hope it sells quickly so someone can go assault some targets, wild hog, groundhogs, or use in an other legal means they wish.... [Beer]

Hope you sleep better knowing that you "taught" me the proper way to talk about my rifle. I will actually feel much better explaining my high capacity rifle in this way . I can see your point and believe it will make those anti's feel much better about it, just by dropping the "assault" part from it. Thanks!

I wasnt trying to call you out, you outed yourself.
I was trying to be non-specific about your post.
Im not trying to school you on anything.

Im just trying to get an unstanding why we as ar15 afficionados would throw ourselves
under the bus with naming our wonderful firearms with the BS name as assault.

[DD977GM2]

You called me out and schooled me, now if it was full auto, could I call it assault?

I just hope it sells quickly so someone can go assault some targets, wild hog, groundhogs, or use in an other legal means they wish.... [Beer]

Hope you sleep better knowing that you "taught" me the proper way to talk about my rifle. I will actually feel much better explaining my high capacity rifle in this way . I can see your point and believe it will make those anti's feel much better about it, just by dropping the "assault" part from it. Thanks!


My sarcasm metere is broken, was this legit or sarcasm [NoEvil]

[Ridge]

Incorrect, OP.

It's not an evil black rifle.

It's a sport utility rifle.

[DD977GM2]

Incorrect, OP.

It's not an evil black rifle.

It's a sport utility rifle.

How am I incorrect? RIF [LOL]


EBR, Enhanced Black Rifle


I may have to change the comma to an equals sign or semi colon. Im terrible when it comes to arithmatic [ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3][LOL]

[Great-Kazoo]

Anything when used correctly is an assault weapon.

I call them what i want, don't give a shit what any liberal, anti-gun VPC moron thinks. They despise guns. If we were to paint them in gender neutral colors they'd hate it. No matter what "we" call them a pig is still a pig.
Screw them and the multi use battery operated vibrating toy they rode in on.

DD .you of all people thinking about going gun PC for appeasement[Luck]

[alxone]

being pc never served me very well .

[DD977GM2]

Anything when used correctly is an assault weapon.

I call them what i want, don't give a shit what any liberal, anti-gun VPC moron thinks. They despise guns. If we were to paint them in gender neutral colors they'd hate it. No matter what "we" call them a pig is still a pig.
Screw them and the multi use battery operated vibrating toy they rode in on.

DD .you of all people thinking about going gun PC for appeasement[Luck]

Not at all, I just truely feel it is a misnomer and also doesnt help us win new people to our sport.

[Scanker19]

being pc never served me very well .

That's why I bought a Mac.

[rockhound]

It is only an assault rifle if i beat you you death with it [ROFL1]

[Great-Kazoo]

Not at all, I just truely feel it is a misnomer and also doesnt help us win new people to our sport.


Well Mr. Chamberlain i hope you succeed.

[kuench]

I'm going to refer to everything as "assault" from now on. If the media can do it why can't I?
Damn soccer moms in their assault vans, doing the speed limit and such! It's an outrage that we allow this to happen!!! [Rant1]



[ROFL2]

[josh7328]

That's why I bought a Mac.
corny. I like it.

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

What exactly do they mean by "you peopleand your ARs". See what I did there, I played victim.

[Singlestack]

The NSSF, who sponsor SHOT show in addition to a lot of other activities, has been calling the AR the "modern sporting rifle" in reaction to the assault rifle nonsense. Their reasoning is the AR is the fastest growing platform in the rifle market today, more customizeable than any rifle in history. All kinds of hunting and varmint rifles are based on ARs. Target and precision shooting. 22s for training. And of course the many M4gerys for self defense, home defense, and similar purposes. My sense is the MSR title isn't gaining traction since there is a constant drumbeat of "assault rifle" from the MSM...

Singlestack

[DD977GM2]

Well Mr. Chamberlain i hope you succeed.

It shall be my life's mission now to change the way we speak of AR15s.
I henceforth will refer to the ar15 and it's many variants as EBR(Enhanced Black Rifle) or MSR (Modern Sporting Rifle).


So let it be written.....So let it be done!!!!!

[DD977GM2]

Jim, I know not the reference to Mr. Chamberlain.......I do not watch old movies and such very often if at all. [ROFL1]

[Great-Kazoo]

Jim, I know not the reference to Mr. Chamberlain.......I do not watch old movies and such very often if at all. [ROFL1]

You want to find a "PC" name for the AR and don't know this :(

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/neville_chamberlain.htm

Old Movies It's History 101.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/neville_chamberlain.htm
Edmund Burke

PM Neville Chamberlain 1930's
. He kissed the germans ass and came up with this term for appeasement.
" Peace in Our Time"

[cysoto]

The ar15 is not an assualt rifle.

It's not the media that we should be blaming; we should be blaming Colt Manufacturing. The news media are just calling this rifle by the name that Colt gave it when they made this platform available to the civilian market.

AR-15 = "Assault Rifle" 15

[CapLock]

AR is without a doubt,"American Rifle" in my mind anyways....

[Ronin13]

It's not the media that we should be blaming; we should be blaming Colt Manufacturing. The news media are just calling this rifle by the name that Colt gave it when they made this platform available to the civilian market.

AR-15 = "Assault Rifle" 15

Negative... The "AR" in AR-15 actually comes from the ArmaLite name, the original company to build the rifle based on Eugene Stoner's AR-10 7.62mm semi-automatic rifle (the predecessor of the M-16). It wasn't until 1959 that ArmaLite sold the rights to the AR-15 to Colt.

[10mm-man]

This is my assault rifle, this is my gun...
This one is for assaulting and this ones for fun!![LOL]

Hummm, I do see your point .... Singing this tune this way just doesnt work and I'm if the Corps wanted our beloved target shooter called an "assault rifle" they would have made us sing it that way.....

I feel more PC and an aficianado now! WOW this feels great, glad I called myseld out, made a post and made a big deal about this... [ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3]

Anyone selling an assult mac?

[Skully]

Anyone selling an assult mac?


................and cheese?? [ROFL1]


I really hate buzzwords.........anything with "assault" unfortunately buzz words once used to the effect it has becomes synonymous with what it was associated with. I personal do not use that word or hi cap magazines, etc.

Media will continue to use it just as they used the word NINTENDO for every games system known to man........ [Coffee]

[10mm-man]

................and cheese?? [ROFL1][Coffee]

You joke but those things can assault your lower intestine pretty bad![ROFL1]

[10mm-man]

No matter what "we" call them a pig is still a pig.
[Luck]

You know I tried that once, put lipstick on her and all! She was still a pig..... [ROFL1][ROFL2]

I am with you on this one: [Beer]

[sniper7]

I don't really care. I think we should stop worry about it, and play into their stupid game to totally fuck their game up.

Start calling all shotguns "assault shotgun", .22's "assault .22's", level guns assault rifles etc etc.

destroy the meaning of the word.