They use it to ban semi-automatic rifles

“Political” term

But everything now days is semi - automatic

Or just full

assault rifle can be traced back to actual long rifles

Basically any gun that looks scary I guess

even the M1 Garand
But with added select fire (single/burst/auto)

I don’t know too much about guns

But assault 'weapon'

hmmmmmm.

Yeah It was meant to be a hyrbrid between battle rifles and SMG's

I guarantee you if you sat a whole bunch of people down and had them look at something like a black AR-15 and a wooden mini-14 they'd think the mini-14 wasn't an assaultr ifle

But that's stupid

sorry, assault 'weapon'

Yeah that's the stupid part

I remember when Rainbow Six first came out, and you could choose a white M14 as your loadout

being young I was like 'lol y u use an old rifle for?'

Then I used it and was like 'wait wat'

They also seem to have some sort of personal vendeta against ar15 for some reason

Gotta keep the message simple

And loud

There are plenty of other semi - automatic veriants of assault rifles

What puzzles me, honestly, is why gun manufacturers continue to produce guns that look more and more 'scary looking' to Joe dum-dum Voter

Found the most tacticool lever-action shotguns the other day

It probably sells more too

sad.

And they do look better

There are also practical reasons

Rails are usefull

Like I'd rather be arrested for shooting a guy with a wood-finish mossberg pump action than an all-black SPAS-12

Considering what the makeup of the jury would most likely be

They are wood supremacists, and racist against black guns

"this gun is fine for hunting, not scary assault rifles like the AR-15"

*drools uncontrollably*

meanwhile

*faps to beautiful guns*

Eww gay ppl

ewww faggot above

^ this guy is gay