Whenever you hear the words "Assault Weapons"...

[morfeeis]

AR = armalite rifle. I have an LAR not sure what it stands for haha.

Just Armalite, not Armalite rifle. if i had to guess i'd say LAR stands for "Lovely Armalite".

[The Gleam]

http://civilliberty.about.com/od/gun...lt-Weapons.htm

Id be really interested in any source that dates the use of the term before the CA or Federal "assault weapons" ban.

CA Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 use the term first I can find, politically but if they were pushing the term at least a year earlier to get the bill in motion, that would make it around 1988.

Earliest book I have declaring the term "Assault Weapon" is from 1989:

The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons, Jack Lewis, 1st Edition, 1989

[1000stars]

I have a number of gun publications from the 80's that use the expression "assault weapons". No matter how you want to spin it, the fact remains that it was a term that gun enthusiasts applied to military style semi-autos. It is not a term made up by gun banners.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon

[anothergunnut]

CA Roberti-Roos Assault Weapons Control Act of 1989 use the term first I can find, politically but if they were pushing the term at least a year earlier to get the bill in motion, that would make it around 1988.

Earliest book I have declaring the term "Assault Weapon" is from 1989:

The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons, Jack Lewis, 1st Edition, 1989

This is the book I am referring to. The copyright date is 1986, not 1989.

[jmpgnr24k]

You all have to figure it out all ready. Assault weapon/rifle means, scary looking, used by gangbangers, , terrorists , and people who rob banks...but mostly scary looking. Sheesh. And Sanman023's toilet paper holder is F'n awesome

[Army]

Assault is an action, not an item. No military manual calls the M16 an "assault" rifle, it's just a rifle.

[m98]

Anytime i hear the 'AW' word, i know i'm listening to someone that is clueless about firearms...

Was just arguing a few weeks ago with a buddy of mines who knows jack squat about firearms let alone aw's but keep insisting that the purpose of aw's is to kill people. I got fed up and just straight up said, why the F---- did u decide on buying a handgun for hd? Why not just dial 911 and wait for it?................my buddy could not give me a straight answer. And changed topic.

[Sanman023]

a"salt" shaker:

[JBaus]

I have Hippie friends and they were ranting and preaching about "Assault Weapons" after the Colorado shooting. I definitely had to put them in place and educated them further.

[The Gleam]

This is the book I am referring to. The copyright date is 1986, not 1989.

CORRECT YOU ARE! I thought I had the first edition; I just checked the cover more closely and title page on mine, and says 2nd edition on it.

[stilly]

Whenever you hear the words "Assault Weapons"...



I cringe...

I cringe and then follow up with a snarled lip and mad dog expression and then ask what their definition of assault weapon is since everyone who knows NOTHING about guns seems to classify every black/wood rifle as an assault weapon these days. And then I politely remind them that those folks that think they know everything are annoying to those of us that do...

What if we just did a 180 for a while and called EVERYTHING an assault weapon JUST to piss people off?

Start making Youtube videos about the Taurus 9 shot assault rifle with a 6" barrel and pistol grip that they have disguised as a revolver and call it a Tracker 992 but it can switch between 22lr and 22mag in case one caliber gets banned...

Oh ****, I could be on to something here. I am poised to start filming in about two weeks too...

EVERYTHING is gonna be an assault weapon now. Let's embrace our ignorance yes?

Sorry, I got mixed up and I forgot what part was serious and what part was a joke.

[stilly]

Assault is an action, not an item. No military manual calls the M16 an "assault" rifle, it's just a rifle.

Sorry but assault can also be an adjective.

Yes it is also a verb, but some words can be used as both.

[bombadillo]

I think of a rifle that shoots salt.

[that one guy]

My cousin in Oregon refers to magazines as "assault clips,assault magazines, high capacity clips, high capacity assault clips,

[colors]

assault rifle

Hi, i just have a question i have an ar15 and it is registard in calif. if i wanted to change it with a .22 conversion kit would it be a problem with the law? also if i had hi cap .22 mags also? Ron.... I guess no one knows it is a complex question to a complex law....