Not to put to fine a point on it but show me any select fire weapon from the US or any other country that is stamped "assault rifle, X.XX mm".
You won't see one. Same way you don't see "submachine gun" stamped on an MP9, "heavy machine gun" on an M2, "battle rifle" on an M14, "S.A.W." on an M249 or M60, "anti-material rifle" on an M82, or "sniper rifle" stamped on an M40. Should I move on to grenade and missile designations and their types or have I made my point? Doesn't change the facts that that is what each of them are.
To elaborate on me saying saying that the term "assualt rifle" is archaic: It realistically should be classified as "infantry rifle", "select-fire rifle", or maybe something else, but they're not. Note that both light and medium "machine guns" are generally referred to as "squad automatics" now, and both are partially defined by being belt-fed; assault rifles fall under neither those former classifications nor latter umbrella, thus cannot be described as such.
Maybe while we're at it, we should argue the semantics of the even-more-archaic term "machine gun", even though all modern firearms are technically machines, and that full auto firing mechanisms are generally simpler than semi-autos? All that matters is none of this matters, because "assault rifle" is the accepted nomenclature for the particular class of weapon we've been talking about, and it hasn't been updated by the manufacturers or end-users; full fucking stop. What propagandists call anything does not matter.
Nevertheless, this all boils down to fact that you are rejecting a term because enemies of truth used it incorrectly or otherwise demonized it, which is an absurd notion.
Unrelated to firearms: Do you still say the words "nigger", "kike", or "retard"? What about "rioters" and "looters"? Or do you now call them whatever the fuck the media chooses to this week? Are you afraid of being called a racist or anti-semite? You shouldn't be, because there's nothing inherently wrong about those words/terms based on true definitions. Don't fall victim to the euphemism treadmill; it edges you closer to doublespeak whether you realize it or not.
I covered every fucking base here as logically as possible, but perhaps I cannot help the willfully ignorant.
This whole time I’ve been sitting here quietly thinking “it’s not a rifle. It’s a shotgun.”
Well, according to MuricaPersonified, it's actually an "assault shotgun".
So, excepting terms made up in the popular press and by the ignorant, the only rifle actually called an "assault rifle" is the StG 44. The M3 is also referred to as a "grease gun" but in reality it's just the M3 (M3a1). In contrast, the German nomenclature for a "sub-machine gun" was "MP" for "Machinen Pistole" followed by a two digit year of it's adoption by the German military. Thus the MP-40.
The initial purpose of the Barret .50 cal was a precision long range target rifle. It became the M82, an "anti material rifle" after the military adopted it. You can describe the military purpose of weapons all day long but the fact remains that there is only ONE (1) Assault Gun, the StG 44 and the M16 is just the US RIFLE. Says so, stamped right on the fucking weapon. Same as the M14 is just a fucking rifle. Not a so-called "battle rifle".
"Grease gun" is a nickname, not a classification. "Storm rifle" was the name of a gun, "assault rifle" is a class was derived from its name.
So, excepting terms made up in the popular press and by the ignorant
But it wasn't! Just because they sometimes hijack it, does not make it so.
The initial purpose of the Barret .50 cal was a precision long range target rifle. It became the M82, an "anti material rifle" after the military adopted it
The history of Barrett looking to build a semi-auto civvie fungun is irrelevant, but a fun story. M82 is the name/designation, "anti-material rifle" is the military classification. If you can't wrap your head around the relationship between designation and classification, then I don't know what to tell you.
Unrelated to firearms. Yes I do use the terms, "Nigger, Spic, Greaser, Kike, Limey, Chink, Gook, Bohunk, Frog, Dago, Polack, Flip, Raghead, Street-shitter, Blanket-ass and "off brand" for any other shitskins or non-American White people. I doubt if I'm going to, "fall victim to the euphemism treadmill".
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