What is an Assault Rifle? This is kind of a dual topic, because I would guess that the legal definition and the common-sense definition come at least in very different forms, and while I'm more interested in the later I suppose the former will be just as pertinent to a complete discussion.
I admit up front that I'm no gun expert. I've had some exposure to guns and interest in guns (being a male ) throughout my life, but I really don't have a great deal of experience. That being said I think I disagree with you, Woody, on your statement that "Just because it looks like a assault weapon does not mean that it is," from a certain perspective. It may be that people mistakenly recognize certain aspects of firearms as indications that they are assault weapons, but at the same time I believe that assault weapons are designed for assault, and for that reason they will have certain obvious characteristics. A question I would ask would be, "what are they if they are not assault weapons?", and I mean that in a very straight-forward way--if a firearm was built for assault, then it is an assault weapon.woodchip in [url=http://www.descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=14932&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30#234586]Ammunition Accountability Legislation[/url] wrote:There is a misconception that needs to be cleared up. I know those of you who are brain damaged by the liberal press and are now incompetent to question anything you read on the Huffington Post or Media Matters, I'm going to impart this one liner in hopes it jump starts your brain to start working again:
"Just because it looks like a assault weapon does not mean that it is".
Now go do some googling to clear out the calcification the anti-gunners have inflicted your cranial space with.
Firearm categories that I am aware of:
Hunting,
Sport,
Personal Defense,
Assault (includes Long-Range Assault)
Now where any firearm is effective for assault it is equally as effective (not to mention conceivably necessary) for defense, and that's why I say that every American should be allowed to own assault weapons, otherwise we're guilty of retarding the 2nd Amendment. Also some smaller-scale assault weapons could be perfectly useful for hunting and sport.
Am I mistaken?