Here is more info on this from the NRA-ILA
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- Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:22 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Illinois Gov. wants ban on assault rifles and hi-cap mags.
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- Wed Aug 01, 2012 9:13 am
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Illinois Gov. wants ban on assault rifles and hi-cap mags.
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Re: Illinois Gov. wants ban on assault rifles and hi-cap mag
From the article
AR-15 = Semi-automatic rifle NOT assault rifle.
M-16 = Automatic rifle = Assault rifle.
Can't they get anything straight?
From WikipediaThe man charged in the Colorado shootings, James Eagan Holmes, was armed with a Smith & Wesson M&P .223 semi-automatic rifle, similar to an AR-15 assault rifle, along with other firearms.
The AR-15 was first built by ArmaLite as a selective fire assault rifle for the United States armed forces. Because of financial problems, ArmaLite sold the AR-15 design to Colt. The select-fire AR-15 entered the US military system as the M16 rifle. Colt then marketed the Colt AR-15 as a semi-automatic version of the M16 rifle for civilian sales in 1963.[8] The name "AR-15" is a Colt registered trademark, which refers only to the semi-automatic rifle.
AR-15 = Semi-automatic rifle NOT assault rifle.
M-16 = Automatic rifle = Assault rifle.
Can't they get anything straight?