Disambiguating the “assault rifle,” the AR-15, from other guns.

Assault weapon” and “assault rifle,” — as well as descriptors like “military-grade” — may seem at first glance to be technical terms to gun-control advocates. But to a gun-rights advocate, these are political terms used drum up fear and create restrictive laws. The debate about what to call the weapons commonly used in high-profile terror attacks, however, is a distraction. Keeping weapons like the AR-15 in the broad category of other semi-automatic long rifles, most of which are far-less dangerous, is just another tactic to prevent their regulation. Like it or not, they are fitting terms; these guns that are just as deadly as the military weapons with which they share design.* <a href="https://medium.com/@juddtaube/disambiguating-the-assault-rifle-the-ar-15-and-other-guns-a1d4e6a172a5">Read More</a>