"Dan Abel" > wrote in message
...
> In article >, "Doug Kanter"
> > wrote:
>
>> "Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
>
>
>> > ... have you read the post on what an "assault rifle" means? do so, if
>> > you please.
>>
>> Yes. I've read it. It does not matter. Take away the 10 or 20 or 30 round
>> magazines and put in just 3 or 4 rounds, and suddenly, it's just like a
>> hunting rifle.
>
>
> Yeah.
>
> Perhaps you read it but don't remember what it said. It said basically
> that an assault rifle is an assault rifle, because it's an assault rifle.
>
> I'm still waiting for Sandi to post a definition of an assault rifle (what
> makes it different from a hunting rifle).
>
> --
> Dan Abel

Dan, you know as well as I do that the term "assault rifle" raises giggles
in gun discussion groups. If the "real definition" exists, I think its
purpose is to provide the basis with which to shut down unruly newspaper
reporters who think anything with a flashlight attached is an assault rifle.
And, if you can "assault something/someone" with a Ruger M77, is it an
assault rifle? If I put a 30 round curved aftermarket magazine in my Ruger
10/22, making it look slightly like an assault rifle (if you squint really
hard), is it no longer just a .22 rifle for plinking soup cans?

I love words.