• FluorideMind@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You may want to adjust your term “assault rifles” to “scary black rifles.”

    Assault rifles are a type of machine gun, to be an assault rifle it must have select fire, semi and full/burst.

    The second wasn’t drafted only for protection, but also for government oversight.

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      1 year ago

      Nobody outside of the USA gives a shit about the distinction.

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        1 year ago

        Most of us in the US also don’t give a shit about the gun pedants and their attempts to disrupt the conversation again like they always do