Do you ever find yourself trying to describe what makes an assault rifle an assault rifle? The Babylon Bee is here to help
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Ah, but that fundamental level of ignorance by politicians is a constant, and remains an existentential threat to our liberty, so, we must need not exclude that item of ridicule from our "toolbox."Defining "assault rifles" by this characteristic is a dead end. Hardly any modern guns have this feature.
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I could buy that. However, my understanding of the consensus in the gun world is that "the shoulder thing that goes up" is a barrel shroud. A barrel shroud has nothing to do with the shoulder, and it doesn't go up. It's a mystery how "the shoulder thing that goes up" got associated with a barrel shroud.Also, there is some debate, that the former Representative may have been referring to a folding shoulder stock like that found on the SPAS.
I could buy that. However, my understanding of the consensus in the gun world is that "the shoulder thing that goes up" is a barrel shroud. A barrel shroud has nothing to do with the shoulder, and it doesn't go up. It's a mystery how "the shoulder thing that goes up" got associated with a barrel shroud.
It's a mystery how "the shoulder thing that goes up" got associated with a barrel shroud.
She answered “shoulder thing that goes up” when she was asked to define what a barrel shroud was...a term she wrote into her own legislation, trying to make it a Federal felony to possess one."The shoulder thing that goes up" -- I think the consensus in the gun world about what former Rep. Carolyn McCarthy meant when she coined this phrase is wrong. It has to be the folding shoulder rest, as found on the M14 rifle and the M1918A2 BAR. That's fine.
How it got associated can be seen in this interview excerpt: As for WHY, well, I defer to TikkaShooter on that one.