- 22 Feb 2018 06:28
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Yes, I made a mistake on typing M-15 instead of AR-15. The point I was trying to get at is that many believe he had a military assault rifle like the M-16, but that is not the case. His rifle used a smaller .221 bullet. His rifle was only a look-a-like and not a real military rifle. The AR stands for Armalite rifle, not assault rifle.
Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities. The term "assault rifle" is sometimes conflated with the term "assault weapon". According to the Associated Press Stylebook, the media should differentiate between "assault rifles," which are capable of fully automatic firing, and "assault weapons," which are semiautomatic and "not synonymous with assault rifle."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
Drlee wrote:Are you sure you were a soldier? First of all he used an AR-15. The military rifle similar to it is the M-16. The AR-15 is chambered for .223 cal ammunition.
Yes, I made a mistake on typing M-15 instead of AR-15. The point I was trying to get at is that many believe he had a military assault rifle like the M-16, but that is not the case. His rifle used a smaller .221 bullet. His rifle was only a look-a-like and not a real military rifle. The AR stands for Armalite rifle, not assault rifle.
Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities. The term "assault rifle" is sometimes conflated with the term "assault weapon". According to the Associated Press Stylebook, the media should differentiate between "assault rifles," which are capable of fully automatic firing, and "assault weapons," which are semiautomatic and "not synonymous with assault rifle."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
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