@MontereyJack,
MontereyJack wrote:give us a ******* break, they have been called assault weapons for more than a quarter century and that's what they are known as.
That is incorrect. Assault weapons:
a) are capable of either full-auto or burst-fire,
b) accept detachable magazines,
c) fire rounds that are less powerful than a standard deer rifle, and
d) are effective at a range of 300 meters.
This means that semi-auto-only guns are not assault weapons.
This means that guns with fixed magazines are not assault weapons.
This means that guns that fire rounds equal-to or greater-than the power of a standard deer rifle are not assault weapons.
This means that guns that fire handgun/shotgun/rimfire rounds are not assault weapons.
MontereyJack wrote:stop being a clueless pedant.
Challenging your misuse of the language is neither clueless nor pedantic.
MontereyJack wrote:you do not get to define the use of the language.
Neither do you. And unlike you, I'm not trying to do so.
MontereyJack wrote:and in point of fact they are pretty good assault weapons.
That is incorrect. Semi-auto-only weapons are unable to fire in full-auto or burst fire.
MontereyJack wrote:If the CSA had a couple dozen AR-15s at pickett's charge at gettysburg, we'd be living in the CSA today.
Not if the Union was equipped with
actual assault weapons.