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farminator3000

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3. isn't that odd, the nra doesn't agree?!?!?

Reply to AgingAmerican (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 03:04 PM

Feb 2013

From 1943 to 1984, newspapers used the slang term "assault weapon" to describe everything from baseball bats to battle tanks, and snow plows to rocket launchers. Gun control supporters began calling semi-automatic rifles "assault weapons" in the 1980s, decades after many of the rifles had become popular.

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SNOW PLOWS?!?!!?

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What Right-Wing Media Won't Tell You About Assault Weapons [View all] AgingAmerican Feb 2013 OP

I got it from "Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act" krispos42 Feb 2013 #1

Thank you for this AgingAmerican Feb 2013 #2

It might well have been used previously krispos42 Feb 2013 #5

isn't that odd, the nra doesn't agree?!?!? farminator3000 Feb 2013 #3

The term Assault Weapons was used by Gun Digest in 1986... jmg257 Feb 2013 #4