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What is an assault rifle?

What is an assault rifle?


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jamesrage

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This poll is to get a general idea of what people consider an assault rifle.I have supplied pictures and tried to keep the options as simple as possible. I am not a firearms expert and I am sure a lot of people are not,so I provided pictures from the internet and provided definitions from wikipedia should anyone have a hard time figuring out what anything is.


What is an assault rifle?

Any semi-automatic rifle(fires one shot every time the trigger is pulled)
A semi-automatic rifle with two or more of the features in the Brady bill.
A rifle that will keep firing bullets as long as you hold down the trigger.
A rifle that will fire 3 bullet every time you squeeze the trigger.
I do not know.



Semi-automatic rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A semi-automatic rifle is a type of rifle that fires a single bullet each time the trigger is pulled, automatically ejects the spent cartridge, chambers a fresh cartridge from its magazine, and is immediately ready to fire another shot.

Automatic rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An automatic rifle is a type of magazine-fed rifle that uses either its recoil or a portion of the gas propelling the projectile to operate its action. And, to remove the spent cartridge case, **** the rifle, load a new cartridge and fire again repeatedly, as long as the trigger is held down or until the magazine is exhausted.


Assault weapon defined by the 1994 assault weapons ban.

Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:

-Folding or telescoping stock
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-Pistol grip

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-Bayonet mount
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-Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
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-Grenade launcher(more precisely, a muzzle device that enables launching or firing rifle grenades, though this applies only to muzzle mounted grenade launchers and not those mounted externally).
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I believe what people mean by an assault rifle is a semi-automatic rifle with a replaceable high capacity magazine. Since any size magazine can be made, it would appear to mean rifles that use magazines to hold their shells. Restrictions on "assault rifles" tend to have various details, but focus on limiting magazine capacity.

I don't think people think of muzzle brakes and other attachments.
 
From a non technical standpoint

Capable of firing multiple rounds from a single trigger pull, a large capacity magazine or clip. using a more powerfull round then a submachine gun (HK MP5) but not as good for long distances then what most would consider to be a hunting rifle.


Ie Ak 47, M16
 
Depends on who you're asking.

I would suggest that for many who are familiar with firearms only through television, movies and video games that "assault rifle" defines any firearm that is black and scary looking.

Anything that has a wood stock or didn't appear in movies prior to 1970 is probably OK.
 
The PROPER definition of an Assault Rifle, as used by the military who invented the term...

A short rifle, using an intermediate-power cartridge, which is capable of selective, burst or auto fire and has a detachable magazine.


This largely replaced the "Battle Rifle", which was previously a higher-power caliber rifle with a detachable magazine of slightly lesser capacity (ie M14).


No semi-auto rifle is actually an "Assault rifle" by the proper definition.

Almost all civilian versions of "assault rifles" are semi-auto, not full nor selective fire.
 


The term "assault weapon" is a misnomer derived from "assault rifle". The term is used by the Anti-gun crowd because to Jane Average it carries connotations of criminal assault, therefore easily demonized.

I've heard the media call a gun (used by a murderer) a "bolt action semi-auto assault rifle".... :lamo

There is no such thing.
 
I don't care their only purpose is to kill people. No one except a gunnie would care either.
 
I don't care their only purpose is to kill people. No one except a gunnie would care either.

Hand guns aren't exactly designed for hunting, either.
 
I don't care their only purpose is to kill people. No one except a gunnie would care either.

Would you care if you owned such a firearm and there was a movement to use the force of government to take it away from you?
 
I don't care their only purpose is to kill people. No one except a gunnie would care either.


Emotion, hyperbole, thinly veiled insults. Lacking in substance and fact, lacking logic and reason. Not much of an addition to the discussion.
 
Not all of them but some certainly are. LOTS of people hunt with handguns.


Many hunters carry a handgun and may shoot at game as a novelty, but few actually hunt with a handgun.
 
An assault rifle is almost certainly a high capacity rifle with different firing modes.

The political definition of "assault rifle" is "scary looking gun" or "something that looks like it was in a video game."

Of course, these "scary" rifles like the AR-15 used in the recent shooting are completely unnecessary to shoot large groups of people and the notion of banning them because something bad happened is absurd.

Actually, according to NBC, 9mm pistols were used in the shooting. An AR-15 was only found on the scene.

So, even assuming a hyper-charged emotional response to this made sense, which it doesn't, why the hell go for an "assault rifle" (scary looking guns) ban?
 
I voted I don't know because it is an invented, fallicous, and arbitrary term.
 
Hand guns aren't exactly designed for hunting, either.
The **** they're not. When large game hunting it's advised to have a large bore sidearm in case your main weapon jams, this includes bear, wild boar, and other animals known to charge. In fact sidearms are not a bad idea when tracking down rabid smaller game for the same reason.
 
I voted I don't know because it is an invented, fallicous, and arbitrary term.
Actually, there is an accepted definition of assault rifle, typically they are select fire carbines and other medium barreled select fire intermediate cartridge rifles. Assault weapon, is the created term by the anti gun movement and is a false term with no actual technical meaning.
 
I don't care their only purpose is to kill people. No one except a gunnie would care either.

that is the sort of moronic comment that is typical of the anti gun left
 
The term "assault weapon" is a misnomer derived from "assault rifle". The term is used by the Anti-gun crowd because to Jane Average it carries connotations of criminal assault, therefore easily demonized.

I've heard the media call a gun (used by a murderer) a "bolt action semi-auto assault rifle".... :lamo

There is no such thing.

It's anything that looks "assaultie".
 
What is an assault rifle?
An assault rifle is magazine fed, semi-automatic, hand-held, shoulder-fired rifle with a short cartridge. Commonly gas-operated, air-cooled, featuring burst or automatic fire to facilitate mobilized combat. The first assault rifle (arguably) was the STG-44, manufactured by Germany towards the end of the Second World War. All future assault rifles followed suit with their own improvements to facilitate the needs and tactics of the manufacturing nation's military forces.

An assault rifle is simply a modern combat rifle, made specifically for warfare.
 
Any gun that has a semi-automatic or automatic feature. What John Conner runs around with in the latest Terminator movie. Fire one shot or many shots in sequence. Who cares... a gun that can kill a lot of people. M-16. AK-47. AR-15. Etc.
 
that is the sort of moronic comment that is typical of the anti gun left

Not really. I agree with him. Who cares what an "assault rifle" is? Automatic. Semi-Auto. Machine gun. ??? Who cares but people that like guns? And their purpose IS to kill people. Just facts.
 
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