• ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Assault rifle refers to the calibre and application of a rifle.

    The smaller 5.56 round is an assault rifle round, this is to distinguish it from the previous larger battle rifle rounds.

    The AR-15 was designed with select fire. The ones sold to civilians don’t have this capability because it’s illegal.

    The only people that define these in such a way as you have a gun nuts. Trying to hide the fact that people are selling and marketing a weapon of war to civilians in a peaceful country.

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      9 months ago

      Assault rifle refers to the calibre and application of a rifle.

      I gave the definition that excludes what the vast majority of civilians own and gave a source.

      If you’re claiming the round is the only consideration then please source your claim.

      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        9 months ago

        I’m always reminded of this loon when I hear well meaning idiots try to argue about assault rifles and magazine capacity:

        Rep. Degette said “I will tell you these are ammunition, they’re bullets, so the people who have those now they’re going to shoot them, so if you ban them in the future, the number of these high capacity magazines is going to decrease dramatically over time because the bullets will have been shot and there won’t be any more available.”