# 27 dead in school shooting

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> [@Can You Say Fast???](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you-say-fast/51277/13):
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> From the assault “weapon” page:
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> Meaning it was created by politicians. Do you consider a rifle a weapon? If so, then the definition for assault rifle IS the actual definition for assault weapon.

It can be created by Jesus. That doesn’t change the fact that, that IS what Assault Weapon is by created definition.

> **[Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words](https://www.dictionary.com/)**
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[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assault+weapon](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assault+weapon)

> **assault weapon**

> noun any of various automatic and semiautomatic military firearms utilizing an intermediate-power cartridge, designed for individual use. Compare [assault rifle](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/assault%20rifle).

Merriam Webster defines Assault weapon as semi automatic version of an assault rifle - IE the civilian legal equivalent of the military gun.

> **[Assault Weapon](https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Assault+Weapon)**
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> Definition of Assault Weapon in the Medical Dictionary by The Free Dictionary

> Assault Weapon  
> An automatic or semiautomatic weapon that holds 30 or more rounds of ammunition and which is generally understood to fire one bullet each time the trigger is pulled. There is no technical military definition of assault weapon other than that referring to a weapon used in a military assault operation. The US Army does define the term assault rifle as a short, compact, selective-fire weapon that fires a cartridge intermediate in power between submachine gun and rifle cartridges

AR15 is an Assault Weapon anyway you spin by definition. Regardless of who created it, it’s an appropriate way to describe that weapon.

It’s not a hunting rifle, it’s not a home defense rifle, it’s an army gun modified for civilian use. Just you can use it for other things, doesn’t change it’s original intent, to be used as a weapon of war.

How are you even arguing this? Cognitive dissonance isnt healthy.

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