• rockstarmode@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    automatic assault rifles

    This is redundant, by definition all assault rifles have auto or burst fire modes. Anyone (including lawmakers) in the US who claims otherwise is incorrect.

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      3 days ago

      I’m not American. I’m only aware of them in passing. It’s not the sort of thing we learn about in school, over here.

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          2 days ago

          You may be right, I don’t know shit about guns, but relying on information from a video game is not the smartest. The person deciding on what mechanics the different guns have, may not know anything about the topic.

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        2 hours ago

        Those are not assault weapons. Any legislator who says so is wrong.

        If they want to ban weapons, fine, but use the correct terminology.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah that’s not true. Semiautomatic assault rifles are very common in the US, more available by far than full auto.