WyattP wrote:... a .308 caliber semi auto assault type rifle. ...
Skiprr addressed the same point that immediately jumped up when I read your post too.Skiprr wrote:One more thing. Assault rifles, by definition, are select-fire. There are no assault-type rifles. There are only sporting rifles or military rifles.
Don't adopt the anti-gun crowd's incorrect language to describe these rifles, which indirectly supports their anti-gun political agenda. Personally, I like the National Shooting Sports Foundation choice of language "modern sporting rifle", but also find the term "AR-type" descriptive.
If you use the term "assault" rifle here it means you will use it in casual conversation with people, including people who know little about guns. If they know you as "a gun guy" and that is how you describe it, then they will figure that how they should be described.