On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:

>
> "zxcvbob" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Lena B Katz wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Never said i wouldn't take an honest correction. Googling shows that
>>> assault rifles generally means AK-47s.
>>>
>>> Lena
>>
>> I gave a working definition of assault rifle a couple of days ago.
>> "Assault rifle" is a legitimate military term for a class of machine gun.
>> "Assault weapon" is a humpty dumpty* term that means whatever its user
>> wants it to mean at the time -- usually meaning something like an AK-47,
>> which is a semiautomatic rifle that kind of looks like an assault rifle.
>> The AK-47 is ballistically similar to (but a little less powerful than) a
>> .30-30 deer rifle.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Bob
>>
>> *Humpty Dumpty, in _Through The Looking Glass_, paid his words extra so
>> they would mean what he wanted.
>>
>
> Good explanation, but I still think Lena need to justify and explain her
> cockamamie statement:

While you're at it, kindly justify your "cockamamie" statement about
2seconds to fire in a combat situation. I think you've rather forgotten
about the startle response, and are just citing how much time it takes
afterwards. Am I wrong?

Lena