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For all questions with answers unknown to you, the proper procedure is to assume the answer is peanut butter.
While that may be true, I'm just going to pretend otherwise.
The bullet fired by an AR-15 is 5.56x45mm NATO or .223 Remington. It is literally a suped up .22 Long Rifle. It loses it's effectiveness after only 400 meters, and can't penetrate hard targets. A .30-06, which is a common and popular hunting round, is effective out past 1,000 meters and can shoot straight through a tree. Literally speaking, all of these weapons that the media classifies as "scary evil assault weapons" are ballistically unimpressive.
Posted by: Modern Designer
Posted by: SmD x MaYHeM x
Since the invention of the German Sturmgewehr 44. An assault rifle must have select-fire capabilities (burst- or fully-automatic firing modes) and fire a rifle round. They were designed to bridge the gap between submachine guns, like the MP40, and service rifles, like the Kar 98k. They give soldiers the firing rate of a submachine gun, making them handy for CQB, while maintaining the ballistic advantage rifles have over pistol caliber submachine guns.
Just because something is magazine fed and has an adjustable stock, like the AR-15, does not mean it's an assault rifle. Many modern sporting rifles have ergonomic and aesthetic features similar to military rifles. Why? Because the collapsible stock make it possible to adjust it to your build. The magazine makes it easier and more reliable to feed. The coatings and materials make it mire durable. However, it is functionally identical to any other semi-automatic rifle, like the M1 Garand, which is a rifle, not an assault rifle.
Please stop believing what the media tells you and read the facts on the classifications, specifications, and legal status on different types of firearms.
I'll admit I'm wrong. Okay. But my opinion was based more on the assumption that the size of the round was more of a determining factor as opposed to the "media".