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Re: ProPublica activist reveals: Democrats invented term ''assault weapon''; most gun deaths by handgun |
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Posted by Sand Box John on Mon Sep 15 09:37:32 2014, in response to Re: ProPublica activist reveals: Democrats invented term ''assault weapon''; most gun deaths by handgun, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 15 07:46:00 2014. What does the "A" in "AR-15" stand for? I thought it was "assault" but I could be wrong.Automatic. Automatic in that the gun automatically chambers the next round for firing. Assault rifle is a translation of Sturmgewehr, German development of fully automatic rifle (light weight machine guns) made during WW-II, Sturmgewehr 44. Mind you all of the weapons that were banded under the so called 'assault weapon' ban were not fully automatic rifles as in continuous fire with a single trigger pull. Those weapons were placed under heavy regulation after the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934. John in the sand box of Maryland's eastern shore. |
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