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Where did the scare quotes around assault weapons come from? I don't see them in the article's title. Previously by barbacoa: https://news.ycombinator.com/it
by WalterGR 5y ago
Where did the scare quotes around assault weapons come from? I don't see them in the article's title.
Previously by barbacoa:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27402505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27402505
Federal judge rules California's ban on assault weapons unconstitutional (yahoo.com)
20 points by barbacoa 10 hours ago | 7 comments
- LorenPechtel 5y agoProbably because the definition of "assault weapon" is pretty bogus. It's defined as possessing a certain number of features from a list--but some of them are effectively just cosmetic. There are perfectly legal hunting guns with exactly the same performance as illegal "assault weapons"--all the important parts are the same. Thus it comes down to evil-looking guns.
- lttlrck 5y agoIt appears in the article: 'Bans on so-called ‘assault weapons’ are unconstitutional and cannot stand.”'