Verbal selection

[daengmei]

I shudder every time I hear the term "assault weapon". None of my firearms are carried with the intention of killing a human being, therefore I have no assault weapons. I have firearms. I shoot for sport. I target shoot, using paper targets and hunt. I don't run drills timing myself on shot placement, nor do I give a squat on how long it takes to both fill and empty a magazine. There is nothing I'm doing that can remotely be called assault. If ever I had to use my firearm for any other reason it would be defense. So I'm asking the collective minds of this forum to consider how the use of certain language may be used to help cripple our sport. Be careful what you say. We are already in trouble, don't help them.

[Rcmaveric]

Assault weapons by definition fire more than bullet per trigger pull. Three round burts and full auto. Its funny because in my weapons training we were taught to never use it. Its highly inaccurate and waste full. I guess its ment more for cover fire. Golly is it fun though.

That said assault weapons have bee illegal since before I was borne I believe. Becase the Clinton ban that expired only extend the ban to military looking semi autos.. Now assault weapons is a just scary term tossed around as a shock and scare tactic for military looking firearms. Frankly I would be more scared of 30-06 semi auto than a 223. It would suck to be shot with anything in my opinion but I won't have much shoulder left if hit with a 30-06 round or two. Frankly a gun is a gun and a semi auto is just a semi auto. The outward appearance means nothing. A semi auto browning in 3006 is way more powerful than an AR15 and deadlier. Non-gun folk don't under stand that. The think military style semi autos are these murder deaths rays. When in reality all guns are the same.

All my guns are ment to kill and destroy. Not murder. There is a difference. To murder is to kill with malicious intent. I take no pride in ending somethings existence. I get twange of guilt and remorse when hunting. Sure its fun and I love it. But I still took somethings life to extend my own and that feels selfish and sad because something had to die for me to live. That makes guns one thing, a tool. A tool designed to kill and destroy. How that tool is used depends on the person's who hands the guns is in. Guns don't murder people. People murder people. Criminals murder people. I used murder, killing someone in self defense is not murder. There was no malicious or pre planned intent.

If someone breaks into my house my guns aren't ment to be paper weights for display peices. If they were hungry and desperate they should have knocked and asked. Otherwise you get shot and we are all gonna have a bad day. I will see them in court.

Yes I train and practice. I also get graded on my marks manship at work.. Shooting is fun and I greatly enjoy it. Those perfect targets will be used against you in court so no head shots. Body shots only. You dont shoot to kill. You shoot to remove a threat and you keep shooting until the threat is over.

The only thing I have murder was a snake and paper. I felt bad about the snake for a week.

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[Idaho45guy]

Guns are bad.

[Three44s]

I shudder every time I hear the term "assault weapon". None of my firearms are carried with the intention of killing a human being, therefore I have no assault weapons. I have firearms. I shoot for sport. I target shoot, using paper targets and hunt. I don't run drills timing myself on shot placement, nor do I give a squat on how long it takes to both fill and empty a magazine. There is nothing I'm doing that can remotely be called assault. If ever I had to use my firearm for any other reason it would be defense. So I'm asking the collective minds of this forum to consider how the use of certain language may be used to help cripple our sport. Be careful what you say. We are already in trouble, don't help them.

Well you call them by that name in your post. I do not see it anywhere else except in the reference to how the left deliberately misidentify them.

Three44s

[monadnock#5]

Who here uses that term? AR stands for "ArmaLite Rifle". Personally I'd love to have an StG 44, but that ain't gonna happen unless I hit the powerball jackpot.

[gbrown]

Well, I was trained with asuallt weapons, M16 A1s, A2s, and A4s. I have what could be classified as "Assault Rifles " in my safes. NOT! They are semiautomatic sporting rifles for fun
& use. Just neat to have.

[Omega]

Ok, I will jump in here. I do have assault rifles, shotguns, hand guns, and even assault bows. And the 2nd Amendment is designed to protect my assault weapons. The 2nd has NOTHING to do with sporting arms, and EVERYTHING to do with military grade weapons. The Federal Government has been infringing on the 2nd Amendment for decades, with all their NFA laws. They need to change it so those who have lost their rights are the ones who are prevented from exercising them, not the rest of us who should not only be left alone, but helped equip ourselves the way our founding fathers meant us to be.

[MrWolf]

Just call them copies of assault weapons because that is all they are.

[MUSTANG]

The "ORIGINAL" Assault weapon:

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The words "Shall Not Be Infringed" were placed into the 2nd Amendment during the period when this Assault Weapon was the cutting Edge Technology of Militaries across the World. Our Founding Fathers intended that "We the People" would be as well armed today as they were in their period.

278647

We should see more of this - not less.

[waksupi]

I don't own any assault weapons. However, I do own firearms with which to explain the error of ways to any transgressors at a distance.

[Bwana John]

I prefer the term "sturmgewehr".

[Scrounge]

Ok, I will jump in here. I do have assault rifles, shotguns, hand guns, and even assault bows. And the 2nd Amendment is designed to protect my assault weapons. The 2nd has NOTHING to do with sporting arms, and EVERYTHING to do with military grade weapons. The Federal Government has been infringing on the 2nd Amendment for decades, with all their NFA laws. They need to change it so those who have lost their rights are the ones who are prevented from exercising them, not the rest of us who should not only be left alone, but helped equip ourselves the way our founding fathers meant us to be.

Replace "decades" with centuries, and I'll mostly agree with you. Didn't start with the NFA, either. That is just when the Federal Government got bold with it. I do, however, own an assault weapon. It's a 15" Crescent wrench. If I have to use it, someone is going to know about it. Tools and weapons are devices for the manipulation of energy. Only difference between them is the intent of the user.

[Gtrubicon]

You can argue terminology all you want, the gun grabbers really don’t care. While all of us don’t have military grade weapons, most of us have some that look like them. If they want to demonize the way they look, change the look.

[Garyshome]

The sheep eat what they are fed

[fcvan]

As I have said before, I don't own any 'assault weapons,' I have Defense Weapons. Defense of my life, and the lives of those around me. Defense of my Liberty, and the Liberty of those around me. That is consistent with my Pursuit of Happiness.

[flyingmonkey35]

Break the word down correctly.

It's Assault. Our weapons

The media coined the term in the late 90sas a scare tactic.



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[smithnframe]

I don’t own any “assault “ weapons...........mine are all defense weapons!

[ioon44]

Yep, me too.

[Ural Driver]

Men have proved that a lie told often enough can (and has) become "truth".
Been happening for a long time. :(

[Half Dog]

I lost everything in a boating accident.