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An otherwise informative article, but using the term "military-grade" seems out of place. The term has little meaning. You could call socks "military-grade" as
by chmod600 4y ago
An otherwise informative article, but using the term "military-grade" seems out of place.
The term has little meaning. You could call socks "military-grade" as well, and the only meaning that it really conveys is that it was cheap and barely functional enough to win a contract.
And AR15s are cheap. A lot of plastic and aluminum. You could say that's a problem, if you want. But that line of argument doesn't seem to lead anywhere.
In any case, "military-grade" seems like a talking point and nothing more. If anything, it gives the rifle more protection under the second amendment, which specifically references the militia.
- Aeolun 4y agoI think in this context it is used more to refer to something that ‘has functionalities that no civilian would ever need’.
- zionic 4y ago
- octonion 4y ago[flagged]
- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into flamewar hell. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: since you've been breaking the site guidelines a lot lately and have ignored our many requests not to do that, I've banned the account. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. They're here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30060686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30060686 (Jan 2022) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336745 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22336745 (Feb 2020) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17624126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17624126 (July 2018) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13512781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13512781 (Jan 2017)
- srveale 4y agoSomeone makes a (good) point about semantics, and your reaction is to swear at them and then bring up a completely unrelated issue? Are you on the right site?
- zionic 4y agoI didn't swear at them, I said what the american response is/should be to such a statement.
- dang 4y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into flamewar hell. It's not what this site is for, and it destroys what it is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: I had to ask you about this just recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31389412 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31389412. I'm not going to ban you right now because you've mostly been posting good comments, but please fix this or we'll end up having to.
- mdorazio 4y agoThat doesn't really make sense, though. The entire point of the 2nd amendment is to allow the rapid formation of a militia to protect against tyranny, oppression, foreign aggression, etc. So "military grade" is exactly what you want citizen weaponry to be... I.e., civilians don't need those functions until they really do.
- throwaway09223 4y agoIt's not just out of place, it belies a fundamental ignorance as to gun related technology. There is pretty much one single feature that we've decided should be reserved for military use: selective fire, aka automatic weapons. A "military-grade semi-automatic rifle" is a contradiction in terms. I believe all standard issue military rifles are selective fire, and no civilian rifles can be outside of extremely rare and tightly regulated situations. The AR-15 is a counterpart to the M16. It is specifically not a military gun and the major difference is that it does not have selective fire.
- CapricornNoble 4y ago>>>>You could call socks "military-grade" as well, and the only meaning that it really conveys is that it was cheap and barely functional enough to win a contract. "Cheap and barely functional enough to win a contract" = "government issue" My Fox River combat boot socks (my standard everyday sock even when not in uniform) are definitely not cheap and barely functional. But I otherwise agree with your overall point.