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01-03-2016, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles
I am honestly not sure
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I appreciate your honesty .
It's a made up definition used to scare people .A license for automatic weapons , if that's what you mean , is not easy to get and subject to a more thorough federal back ground check .
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Last edited by buckman; 01-03-2016 at 10:54 AM..
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01-03-2016, 11:39 AM
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Location: RI
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Originally Posted by buckman
It's a made up definition used to scare people.
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I never realized that. I thought it was just a very plainspoken way to describe a gun that has features designed and intended for combat over say hunting or self defense. |
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01-03-2016, 11:54 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
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Originally Posted by spence
I never realized that. I thought it was just a very plainspoken way to describe a gun that has features designed and intended for combat over say hunting or self defense.
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Not exactly. My understanding is that Hitler came up with the name Sturmgewehr 44 for the new improved German battle rifle. Loosely translated it is assault weapon, as he wanted it to be used to "storm" enemy positions. One of the first to have selective fire feature, which usually means safe, single/semiautomatic, or auto with 2 or 3 round bursts more so than full auto. Full auto can melt a barrel within two or three mags.... |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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01-03-2016, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by nightfighter
My understanding is that Hitler came up with the name Sturmgewehr 44 for the new improved German battle rifle. Loosely translated it is assault weapon, as he wanted it to be used to "storm" enemy positions.
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Interesting how Hitler added the pistol grip and extended round magazine to make it look more scary  |
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01-03-2016, 11:56 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
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Originally Posted by spence
I never realized that. I thought it was just a very plainspoken way to describe a gun that has features designed and intended for combat over say hunting or self defense.
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Part of the problem is that misinformation gets propagated about what AR stands for in models like the AR15.......people think it stands for assault rifle, where it actually stands for the manufacturer of the original model......ArmaLite
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01-03-2016, 12:06 PM
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OLDGOAT7205963
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: CAPE
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So what happened to the five year jail term in Massachusetts for having or using a gun without a license???
To hard on the lawyers or judges???
I have thought that to be law for thirty , to fifty years.
Five years in a tent city should straighten things out
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01-03-2016, 11:47 AM
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Location: Libtardia
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Originally Posted by buckman
It's a made up definition used to scare people
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Repeat after me.... WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
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