Definition of "assault weapon"?

[Vandy58]

This is exactly what I try to explain to these obamabots that surround me on a daily basis. There is no such thing! I can just as easily kill somebody with my Walther P22. My god these people are so brain washed!

there is no such thing as an "assault weapon"

any definition you have looked up is a media driven bogus hype.

explain the difference to me:

a semi automatic .22 LR (ruger 10/22) that holds 50 rounds in a magazine

and a Ar-15 that holds 30 rounds in a magazine...even 100 (mag capacity does not matter)

only thing is the amount of power behind the cartridge.

or what about a semi auto remington 11-87 that holds 6 rounds of 12 gauge and a mossberg 500 with a pistol grip that holds 7 rounds.

the 10/22 and 11-87 would be defined as a sporting gun or plinker and the other as a hunting firearm.

the ar-15 and mossberg 500 would be defined as a assault weapons.

absolute bullshit. there is no such thing as an assault weapon. in the end, they all do the exact same thing...put lead down range.

my muzzleloader can shoot lead just as easily as a shotgun or ar15. the amount of time it takes to reload is the only big difference.

[sniper7]

I am going to start calling my truck an assault truck...and then semis are going to be assault semis. fear the dreaded assault civic.

there are more vehicle related accidents in a week than gun accidents in a year.

and even calling vehicles "assault vehicles" would be bogus because it is the people behind the wheel driving them that cause the accidents.

[Driftwood]

Assault is a type of behavior, not a type of hardware. The term assault weapon, invented by the Brady Campaign, is a smokescreen, routinely spread by the media, to denigrate firearms and the great American traditions that have kept this nation free.
- Alan Korwin

from http://pagenine.typepad.com/page_nin...announced.html

Another useful resource from Alan Korwin is his politically corrected glossary:

http://www.gunlaws.com/politicallycorrect.htm

[Medic583]

What I don't get is that if Brady was shot w/ a .22 pistol, where does the "assault weapon" come into play?

[RRD3]

With this administration a "assault weapon" will be any weapon they do not want us to have.

[sniper_tim]

And with the recent shootings, you can bet a ban will be on the horizon, especially since the media will seriously step up the reporting on shootings.

[Vandy58]

My assault camry is bigger then your assault civic so I am sure mine will be one of the first to go!

I am going to start calling my truck an assault truck...and then semis are going to be assault semis. fear the dreaded assault civic.

there are more vehicle related accidents in a week than gun accidents in a year.

and even calling vehicles "assault vehicles" would be bogus because it is the people behind the wheel driving them that cause the accidents.

[Carbon_Unit]

"Assault Weapon" is a term for the liberals to get off on.

ryanek9freak, we should ban sharpened toothbrushes. Our kids would be safer.


Carbon_Unit

[Carbon_Unit]

This is exactly what I try to explain to these obamabots that surround me on a daily basis. There is no such thing! I can just as easily kill somebody with my Walther P22. My god these people are so brain washed!

"obamabots"...nice.
Maybe we can reprogram them. I think you're better off teaching a wall to talk.


Carbon_Unit

[Vandy58]

"obamabots"...nice.
Maybe we can reprogram them. I think you're better off teaching a wall to talk.


Carbon_Unit

I always imagine them in full march like in the video for another brick in the wall part 2 singing "we don't need no education"