its slang from the us army... the only reason why they use it is so you handle with care until you know your weapon.... the politics made it a common term for gun control
My man, the original assault rifle was called the Sturmgewehr 44, or StG for short. Its very name translated almost directly to "assault rifle"; it literally means "storm rifle", and was given a synonymic swap in translation.
The features of the StG defined the term, and other countries sought out to create assault rifles of their own.
Again, it's a clear term with clear definition and clear history; don't confuse it with a leftist euphemism that is vaguely and arbitrarily defined.
Yes, the StG 44 was the only rifle actually named the "assault rifle". The concept was copied by numerous countries but no other country called them an "assault rifle" (Sturmgewehr). The StG was originally developed as a "machinen pistole" but it's alleged that when the weapon was demonstrated to A.H. he changed it's nomenclature to "Sturmgewehr" and "44" the year it was adopted by the German military.
Diane Feinstein knew jack squat about firearms but knew good propaganda when she heard it so the term "assault rifle" became a staple of her anti-gun agenda. Libturd journalists (urinealists?) went along with it and the term is now part of anti-gun history and lore.
Yeah, my opinion is that the term is archaic, yet legitimate. I don't recall Feinstein calling them that very often, but she loved using the term "assault weapon" as often as possible.
Furthermore, while the old kike hag was still alive in the 60's, her agenda wasn't fully realized yet, meanwhile the US military had already officially adopted the term- not just slang- by the time the M16A2 was put into service (1967). It is still in official use for M4 variants and their HK replacements/counterparts.
I don't allow the term to be corrupted, because it's clearly defined. I'm a fan of Title III firearms (but not the 1934 NFA or the 1986 Hughes Amendment that mark them as such), and all of Title III dealers and MG collectors I know share the same nomenclature freely. When libshits incorrectly use the term, it actually makes the debating easier by calling out their ignorance.
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