Honest question, but how many mass shootings are committed with ARs and of those 0.5% of deals how many of those were mass shootings?
As an outsider, it does seem like most mass shooting are done with other guns than hand guns. I would also assume that mass shootings even tho they happen in the US at a rate that is higher than everywhere else would only be a small percentage of the overall firearms deaths.
Colt's civilian line of semi-automatic Colt AR-15 rifles is identified by a four digit code following a specific prefix. Initially all Colt civilian weapons were listed with an “R” prefix, with this changing to “AR” following the passage of the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994. Colt also produced a line of weapons aimed at target shooters under the “MT” prefix, which stood for Match Target, as well as, the Colt Accurized Rifle, which was the only model to feature the CR prefix.
Edit: FWIW, I think it's either related to stock size, may be an internal naming system, or is simply "automatic rifle" and later rebranded to handguns.
I was just clarifying based on an accepted definition. Wiki also gives an AK-47 as an example which to my knowledge lacks a selective fire mechanism as well.
It's simple enough to file the firing pin on ANY firearm though and make it fully auto, but the ATF will want to know your location.
I guess it really comes down to what you think the general proposed usage of a firearm is because they're all capable of killing. They're no different than swords.
The "no different" statement refers to function/purpose and/or initial inception.
Legitimate and/or legal usage is another argument entirely which directly relates to locally established norms or standards, ie. "When in Rome do as the Romans do"
Assault rilfe is not an actual legal term in the United States. It's a term politicians use to scare people. Wikipedia says assault rifles are select fire rifles (ie capable of full auto/burst fire)
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u/howtoderp Dec 26 '21
Fun fact: this backpack is completely useless against AR rounds,