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> no reason that an MRAP should be on American streets It's not _on_ American streets. I lived in the US for 20 years and I've never seen one. Likely some SWAT
by m0zg 6y ago
> no reason that an MRAP should be on American streets
It's not _on_ American streets. I lived in the US for 20 years and I've never seen one. Likely some SWAT teams purchased them for pennies on the dollar, but I'd argue SWAT teams need them, to reduce casualties when getting close to violent action.
> assault rifles
To the best of my knowledge assault rifles are not in use by US police. AR15 is not an assault rifle.
I saw plenty in London though.
But that's nuance - people younger than, say, 35, won't understand any of it. Literally nobody is interested in the actual reform at the moment. If they were, we'd see some serious proposals by now.
- klyrs 6y ago> But that's nuance - people younger than, say, 35, won't understand any of it. Check yourself, pot, that's an awfully broad brush to be calling a kettle incapable of nuance with.
- Gibbon1 6y ago> AR15 is not an assault rifle Means you don't know what and assault riffle is.
- lliamander 6y agoAssault rifles have selective fire (i.e. they can fire multiple bullets with each pull of the trigger). An AR15 is semi-automatic, which means only one bullet for each pull of the trigger.
- Gibbon1 6y agoAssault weapons are light weight short barrelled rifles designed to be used in close quarters. That's it.
- lliamander 6y agoThat is a carbine. Actual assault rifles have selective fire and are heavily regulated.
- Gibbon1 6y agoYou spouting politically motivated revisionism here. You can do that but I'm not signing up.
- lliamander 6y agoThe terms I am using are defined pretty clearly on Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbine You may be confusing "assault rifle" and "assault weapon" which are different categories. The AR15 does usually qualify as an "assault weapon". The definition of assault weapon is looser, and includes a number of features (such as barrel shrouds and flash suppressors") the sole purpose of which is to make the gun safer to use, and have nothing to do with making them actually more dangerous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon If you have different sources, feel free so share.
- pandaman 6y agoAssault weapon != assault rifle. Former is a generic term w/o commonly agreed definition, latter is a rifle with the characteristics the GP listed, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
- lliamander 6y ago