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Originally Posted by Arik
It's no so much a made up term (assault rifles) as it is used wrong.
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2 points:
1. If I beat you over the head with a hammer, I would be charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Is a hammer now an assault weapon?
2. 'Assault weapon' is redundant. Anything you assault someone with is a weapon, whether it is a firearm or the aforementioned hammer. In MY opinion, the term 'weapon' implies assault. If it's not being used for malicious purposes (i.e. assault), then it is a tool. My shotgun is a hunting tool, my J frames are self-defense tools, my wrenches are mechanic's tools, etc. The minute I decide to start shooting people outside the law or beating people with wrenches, feel free to refer to my firearms and other tools as weapons or assault weapons. Until then, I prefer to call them tools. They are inanimate objects incapable of assaulting anyone without human interaction. 'Assault weapon' is a pointless term, unjustly applied to firearms in order to instill fear into the weak-minded.