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I don't want this to be a footnote in the "assault weapon" thread. This is important. We need to stop calling things "tactical". You have your tactical rifles, tactical pistols, tactical shotguns, even tactical knives. The word tactical pretty much sums up as "it could be used by military or law enforcement" to the antis. They are going to love that we use this word. The next ban will not be on "assault weapons". That will fail because there is no clarity on what "assault weapons" are. However, the term "tactical weapons" covers almost every kind of gun that the antis want to take out of our hands. That means that your Glock, your AR, your AK, your 18" shotgun, in fact everything but your revolvers and hunting rifles/shotguns. That's right. All of it falls under "tactical".
We need to stop calling things "tactical". We used "assault" to market the cool stuff, and the antis used it against us. Now we are using "tactical" to market the cool stuff, but we've broadened the range of what it means, so that it covers nearly everything the antis could ever want to take away. I think the term "modern" would be better. Telling the people that you want to ban modern weapons does not sound good, even to the Oprah crowd. But convincing them that "only the police and military need tactical weapons" is going to be the next uphill battle that we have to fight to keep our modern weapons.
In the 20th century, we lost a lot to the term "assault". In the 21st century, we will lose everything to the term "tactical".
We need to stop calling things "tactical". We used "assault" to market the cool stuff, and the antis used it against us. Now we are using "tactical" to market the cool stuff, but we've broadened the range of what it means, so that it covers nearly everything the antis could ever want to take away. I think the term "modern" would be better. Telling the people that you want to ban modern weapons does not sound good, even to the Oprah crowd. But convincing them that "only the police and military need tactical weapons" is going to be the next uphill battle that we have to fight to keep our modern weapons.
In the 20th century, we lost a lot to the term "assault". In the 21st century, we will lose everything to the term "tactical".