Yesterday 9:34 am
Skans » Yesterday, 9:10 am » wrote: ↑ Mr. Kelly. You are wrong. Your examples also do not prove, but actually disprove your point. Here's why:I am not and do not claim to be a veteran.
- I looked at both publications you linked to. I had to blow them up to actually see everything on the cover. One waspublished in 1986, the other in 1985. They were published BEFORE the Hughes Amendment. The Hughes Amendment banned civilian ownership of all full-auto weapons produced after May 19, 1986. So, when these books/magazines were published, new full-auto rifles and sub-machine guns were available for people to purchase through a Class III dealer.
- If you look on one of the publications, it clearly mentions "full-auto". Also, it was one of the few publications with articles about silencers. Around that time, silencers were also legal to own, but they were not nearly as common as they are today. Silencers were NFA items and also had to transfer through Class III dealers. So, clearly this publication was intended for people who were interested in FULL-AUTO Machine guns, i.e. Assault Rifles.
- Also, notice they use the term "Assault Rifle" not "Assault Weapon", as you claimed. Assault Rifle is synonymous with select-fire (switchable semi-auto and full-auto) weapons. Assault Weapon was a term invented by the Gun-Ban activists. Assault Rifle derives from the German term "Sturmgewehr", or more particularly the Sturmgewher44, the very first select-fire small arm ever invented and first used in WWII. Sturmgewher translates to "Storm Rifle". The best English translation is Assault Rifle.
This disproves my point that they were marketed as “assault rifles” ?even you ain’t that dumb
and that’s saying a lot
