The US military never used the term until recently. There is no such thing as an "assault weapon" except one, and that is a WWII German rifle. Everything else is simply a rifle or a "main battle rifle" meaning the primary weapon of a rifleman. Anyone who uses that term has an agenda behind their conversation. I immediately discount their opinion, and turn my attention to other, more serious people.
I never cared for the term "assault weapon". Aren't all weapons just that because of the nature of their function?
Will our kitchens eventually be "armed" with assault knives and our little league baseball fields with assault bats?
The US military never used the term until recently. There is no such thing as an "assault weapon" except one, and that is a WWII German rifle. Everything else is simply a rifle or a "main battle rifle" meaning the primary weapon of a rifleman. Anyone who uses that term has an agenda behind their conversation. I immediately discount their opinion, and turn my attention to other, more serious people.