How many of you have an assault rifle

I have no rifles that have been used in an assault.

Therefore I have no assault rifles. Only recreational rifles.

4 voted thus far that semi-autos rifles should be banned. I am surprised at the number of Fudds on THR lately.

There should've been a choice that said:

I had them, but sold them all the day after the election......

Mine all fell into the river. A tragic fishing accident.

I only one semi automatic sporting clones.

Most useless poll I have seen in a long time. There should have been an option "It's none of your concern".

I voted that I don't have any. I have an Armalite but it is not an assult weapon; it has no select fire capability. To call it an assult weapon would be like calling all bolt action center fires purpose built sniper rifles.

Gun writers have been using the term for at least twenty years. The whining about definitions here is stupid. We all know what the OP was talking about.

Wow, half of us have NFA stuff - interesting. Don't have but want one.

Don't call homeland defense rifles by an incorrect name.

Actually, I've never seen the term "assault rifle" used by a gun writer. The closest I've seen, and I've read gun publications for decades, is "semi-automatic assault rifle," and that was bad terminology.

I like "homeland defense rifle."

since I don't have a class 3 license, then no. I just love the scary terms the anti gun media comes up with.. assault rifle.. woooo.

the media is the free worlds worst enemy!

Which explains why dictatorships work so hard to control it?

The gems are coming thick and fast on this thread...

We listen to Fox, CBS, CNN, BBC, etc etc so much we become one with every term they use, even if we know it's wrong. I wish the news would cover how many DUI and other alcohol related deaths there are each year... then we'd have people pushing for prohibition part 2!

According to www.gunfact.info criminal acts involving the media's definition of "assault weapon" account for <0.1 to 0.25% of all violent crime involving a firearm. So on what basis would a law be passed to prevent an insignificant level of crime, particularly when you consider the number of "assault weapons" in the hands of the public? There is none. I don't have an "assault weapon", but based on the fact that I fully expect them to be banned, I sure as heck want one while I can get it.

I have an SKS, if that qualifies.

I used to assault squirrels with a .22 Ithaca single shot. I went hunting in a bad mood once..."aggravated assault".

What most people refer to as assault rifles I call replica rifles. Rifles that try to look like something they're not.

I often assault Muskrats with my Vector underfolder sporting rifle....

I have two semi-automatic rifles that resemble assault rifles.

Most useless poll I have seen in a long time.

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Then you just haven't been paying attention.

It is not Nit Picking when we are talking about terminology that describes a specific firearm. Those that seem to be the nit pickers are just those concerned with not spreading fear, and untruths about firearms, not to mention perpetuating the vast amount of misinformation and marketing termilonolgy created by the Brady's meant to scare the general non firearm owning public into be fearful of firearms. So no, please don't mistake nit picking for a passion for preserving our freedoms.

There is no such thing as an assault rifle. The existence of such is only a figment of the ATF's imagination.

Quote(I see where any other country would be crazy to try to take over america because so many people do have the weapons needed to defend themselves). My sisters boyfriend had an ex german soldier as a high school teacher in the late 60's.he said that during wwII the biggest fear the german soldiers had was a possible invasion of the u.s. because they knew everyone had guns.& that was the guns of 60 years ago. imagine that thinking now, with the guns,ammo & hi cap mags in private hands today? what a deterrent that would be.....