Feedback wanted on "assault rifle" being used in ad titles .

[fattboyzz]

Just searched “assault rifle” went back two pages and that took me back to early 2018, with no ads with that description, and only one reference that I’m pretty sure was in jest.
Didn’t see the need to look further, was there something in particular this thread is about?

You couldn't find it ?

https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/t...o-ak47-galil-fn-fal-fnc.1901097/#post-9061432

Maybe he's a dealer

 

[Ken Ford]

You couldn't find it ?

https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/t...o-ak47-galil-fn-fal-fnc.1901097/#post-9061432

Maybe he's a dealer

Well damn, wonder why the search skipped that? LOL

 

[fast306stang]

Probably bc it was rifles and not rifle? Dunno...

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

I don't get upset about semantics. AR's, AK's, M1A's battle rifles and carbines whether they be semi-auto or full-auto are made for killing people and I don't see the need to shy away from that.

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Agreed. They're as close to true select-fire "assault weapons" as you can get without getting into NFA territory and having to deal with the 1986-cut off date for transferable full autos.
The goal of both the manufacturers and the buyers of them is to keep almost all the features that make them good as weapons for combat, OR for playing shooting games at the range that are designed to simulate combat.

 

[TheGman]

I thought that AR was derived from Armalite rifle

 

[TheGman]

I thought that AR was derived from Armalite rifle

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

What say you ?

Semi autos are not Assault rifles !

We should not be helping the left spread these lies here on the ODT !

30 and 40 years ago, among American civilian shooters and gun enthusiasts, the term "assault rifle" was coined to describe a semi-auto copy of a select-fire battle rifle or carbine (but not a pistol caliber carbine-- only rifle calibers or intermediate calibers fit the definition). The term "assault rifle" was in common use in the 1980s, before there were any mass-shootings with them and before any talk of a federal ban.

When the anti-gun activists and their hand-puppets in the mainstream media finally succeeded in demonizing assault weapons, THEN, and only then, did the NRA and other gun rights people try to redefine what an "assault rifle" was, and we were all supposed to start calling AR's with 16" barrels and collapsing stocks and laser sights "modern sporting rifle." I say that's just a B.S. politically-correct term, at least when applied to truly tactical combat weapons. Perhaps an AR pattern varmint rifle with a 22" stainless steel barrel and a fixed stock can be a "modern sporting rifle" but a CQB carbine isn't one.

 

[DinkyDau]

I thought that AR was derived from Armalite Rifle

Tiz Indeed!

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

Regarding the use of the term "assault rifles" in this For Sale thread
https://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/posts/9055482/

These are guns that met the technical definition of "Assault Rifle" as it existed in federal law, 1994-2004, but were grandfathered-in and not banned due to being made prior to the ban's effective date.
Since that's what makes these guns extra-special (and extra expensive!) according to the seller, it's fair for the seller to use the terminology that the federal law used during the AWB years.


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[2007]

Help wise up the un-knowing Publick !

Ask them to simply Goggle.....
.....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmaLite

They won't believe it, but we tried. ​