lavacarancher
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hooknline":2slhvi8r said:As one friend put it recently:
"define the term. I don't use it because it doesn't exist.
I can assault you with any rifle.
Just another way of trying to make something sound like it's more than it is: Assault rifle, good running Ford diesel, etc. "
Alan, te rifle I pictures is an sks carried by the Chinese. Same as an ak47 basically. And even that's not an assault rifle in my book. The above quote explains my view as well
Hook, in my opinion I think you hit the nail on the head. An assault rifle is anything the anti gun folks want to call it. If you had to label it I would think any weapon that was capable of firing full automatic, not semi auto or select fire, or pump or bolt action, could be an assault weapon. I don't think you should use caliber or magazine size as the defining character of an assault weapon. So if you were to use MY definition of assault weapon the SKS would certainly qualify as would the AR15, AR16, AK47 and several others.