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since "assault rifle" has a very specific meaning and does not fit and "assault weapon" is a meaningless expression made up from ignorance, I would fall back to saying, "It's simply a semi-automatic rifle."

Turns the whole idea 'round if you call it a 'defense rifle.'

-AaronB

Look at Alan Korwin's gunlaws.com and pagenine.com for definitions.

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Of the Troops & For the Troops

Anti Tyranny Protective Device

so forgive me if I come off that way.

I am bothered by our need(?) to name these arms by their use. Engaging in some play of words and fun is all well and good but having to justify the possession of any particular arm through some need bugs me. I have bolt action rifles. I have single shot rifles. I have semi automatic rifles. Any of them may be used for self defense, hunting, target shooting or just plain fun.

It feels as if we are naming the use of these particular semi automatic rifles to make them somehow more palatable. And that feels to me somewhat like what the "Anti's" are doing; naming these rifles to make them somehow more evil.

I'll go finish my coffee now....

Anyone who wants to discuss the utility of EBRs should take the time to read not only the 2nd Amendment but also the major opinions of the Supreme Court in the Heller and Miller decisions. In those cases it was made clear that the arms specifically referred to in the Bill of Rights, as interpreted by the court, was arms in common use by the nation's military. Since we are all but banned from possessing M16 and M4 rifles the AR family is the next closest thing available. To ban them as well is to totally deny the 2nd Amendment.