is an ar15 an assault rifle

[FIVETWOSEVEN]

BTW, AR comes from ARmalite.

Actually AR stands for Armalite Rifle.

The first assault rifle name and definition was created by the Germans during
WWII, the sturmgewehr. It is the basis of the definition of assault rifles

The Russian Fedorov Avtomat was the first true assault rifle.

 

[7thGenAustinite]

iv heard all sorts of claims saying that it isnt, and some saying it is. ive heard its not because assault rifles need to have firing options, like 3 round, or full auto. but if you look up assault rifle definition it says a rifle with a large mag that is semi auto or full auto used by infantry. and i know ar doesnt stand for assualt rifle. so any opinions.

yes… well kinda… its kinda like chicken mcnuggets. are they chicken? well yes and no. see where I'm going with this

 

[ladytech777]

I needed to ship a shotgun bbl to polychoke for a sight install by FEDEX.
I went 'round &'round to convince it was not a gun capable of firing anything.
Only took a call to hdq after showing the bbl to gal and had her describe what it looked like-
a pipe with no moving parts!

 

[ladytech777]

If it is an "evil black gun" it's an assault rifle according to the "Brady Bunch"!
If you need to ship a gun part- no one hears the second word!

 

[Adam123]

Semantics.

 

[Robert]

No the AR is not an Assault rifle. And since this has wandered off like an old cow, we are done.