On Mon, 14 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:

>
> "Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Doug Kanter wrote:
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>>>
>>> "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
>
> By making a blanket statement, yes, you are wrong, especially since YOU
> STATED that 100% of your so-called knowledge comes from third parties rather
> than direct experience.

Sigh. Do I need to quote you saying "someone can fire a gun in two
seconds" before you'll answer my question? Was that timed including a
startle response, or was it timed on a guncourse, where someone shouted
"go"?

I'm no psych major, but I have personally experienced the startle
response, and I think you have too.

Lena