Here’s a great look at “assault weapons”. In case you were wondering, I knew as soon as I looked at these which one was the real one, assault rifle that is…
Would you know an assault weapon if you saw one?
Pop quiz, which of the following is an assault weapon:
A)
B)
C)
D) All of the above
If you answered “D)all of the above” congratulations, you qualify for a California Senate seat! You’d also be wrong.
Those who want to take away gun from civilians know they can’t take them all at once. The only way to get them is to vilify and ban one class of firearms at a time. Two of the most frequent targets are handguns and “assault weapons.” But, what exactly is an assault weapon, and why do they claim we need to ban them?
Actually, the term “assault weapon” is made up. It is a derivative of the real phrase “assault rifle” which is a selective fire (can switch between automatic and semi-automatic) rifle or carbine firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and high-powered rifle ammunition. If you look at the above pictures again, only one of the above is an assault rifle, and that is “B”, a M-16. Both the AR-15 (A) and the SIG 556 (C) are semi-automatic only. But the gun grabbers want to ban them because they are evil looking black rifles.
.jpg "Weapon A")
.jpg "Weapon B")
.jpg "Weapon C")
