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Just point made by Double Naught Spy in the is it only here that the media attacks gun owners? thread.
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Call a magazine a magazine. NOT a clip. There's no such thing as a sniper rifle. There are rifles used by military snipers though. Automatic means (in my opinion) self-loading or self-firing Semi Auto means self loading and Full Auto means self firing. Assault Rifle (as defined by the media, anti's and the AWB) should really be Military Style Semi Automatic or something similiar Any other terms that really annoy you that people use?
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A bullet is not a cartridge.
A caliber is not a chambering. Some people aren't bothered by any of this. |
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To roughly plagiarize Jeff Cooper...
The magazine goes into the weapon,
The cartridge goes into the breech. As we are careful with our appearance, We should be careful with our speech. |
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There's a Chinese proverb: The first step toward wisdom is calling things by their right names.
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Semi-automatic civilian versions of fully automatic military weapons are NOT assault rifles. The M-16 is an assault rifle, the AR-15 is certainly not.
What chaps my hide is the ubiquitous misuse of the term "arsenal", particularly by the media. An arsenal is a military facility where weapons or ammunition are MANUFACTURED. An armory is where they are stored. Neither term has anything to do with civilian firearm ownership. |
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I guess none of it really bothers me.
By the way. I consider a hi-cap magazine anything in excess of what the gun was designed for. Example 10 rounders for a 1911, or 10 rounders for a Remington 7400. And actually. I also consider hi-cap and low cap a good word. Low-cap means CA acceptable, Hi-cap means it's for sale exclusively to free Americans |
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The thing about the term "high capacity magazines" is that in most laws that deal with them, the term is specifically defined for the purposes of the law. So the term "high capacity magazine" has a specific legal meaning in connection with certain laws that deal with them.
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"Words do not mean, people mean." - S.I Hayakawa
It has always been, and always will be. You will note that the OP provided two distinict terms for 'self-firing'. Communications is a very challenging aspect of human behavior.
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If the emotional/sociological factors associated with certain words weren't present I would still be slightly irritated at the misuse of terminology.
However, when a news anchor or politician says "assault weapon", "hi-capacity clip/mag", or "sniper rifle" images crime, death, war, and terror come to mind. When these images and thoughts are associated with (even if people unknowingly associate these images and terms) we ought to be extra-careful to mean what we say and say what we mean. Quote:
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Falcon, your concern comes up for discussion on a relatively regular basis. The conclusion I draw is there's three basic opinions: 1. People that can't stand seeing terms abused and speaks out hoping to garner change for the better in their eyes. 2. People that understand item #1 but think it's a waste of time addressing the issue to fellow 2A advocates and others. Some may believe it's fear of being accused of being a gun snob. Some may believe it isn't worth the energy. 3. People that don't really give a rat's behind since they know one really means "magazine" when they say "clip". I, for one, fall in door #1 when contributing on this board. It's in my opinion to write with correct terms the best I reasonably can. I make mistakes just like any other. However, I take forum rules #4 pretty seriously when Rich wants his site to have the bar raised higher than anyone else out there. For me to get lazy on my posting content underminds his intent and potentially embarrasses other members.
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Well,I spose,to a point,
and it might matter more if is about what is public communication,and yes,I resent the subtle twists of meaning for the sake of news/propaganda. But,.sometimes it is more fun among friends to use a different standard. Some parts of USA a turtle hull is where the spare tire goes,and toad strangler and gully whomper describe certain weather events. Bench resters talk about hummers.Some folks shoot charcoal. Better not be loading six in a six shooter. So long as we are having fun,and understand,its cool by me.I say Long Colt,too All along the way,folks have either taken the best of civilian tech to the battle,or folks who come home from battle bring back with them the tools that serve well. It was springfields and mausers making bolt sporters.Seems like some famous buffalo hunter frontiersman had a military trim rifle named Lucretia Borgia Some folks today accept the black rifle as the riflemans tool,and a perfectly good sporting rifle. |
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-.40 S&W is "foh-tay" - shoot is pop - bullet is cap Example: I gonna pop a cap yo [sic] wid my foh-tay! Last edited by Shane Tuttle; August 22, 2009 at 09:23 PM. Reason: skirting the language filter |
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The original poster appears to be talking about two completely different things.
There is a world of difference between politically loaded buzz words ("assault rifle") and minor semantic quibbles (clip vs magazine). I don't really think there is much we can do about the usage of "assault rifles" and "sniper rifles" in the news. Arguing about the minor semantic quibbles doesn't seem terribly productive. Go look at the "Handgun vs pistol thread". Heck, a close friend of mine even gets upset when I use the term "handgun", as he is convinced it is a politically loaded term similar to "assault rifle". Among my least favorite types of threads are where a "What's a decent clip for [gun x]?" question degrades into "clip vs magazine" ranting for 3 pages and the poor guy never even gets a good answer. It just seems like a bunch of "wheel vs tire" and "engine vs motor" silliness. There's differences, sure, but it's almost always clear what is intended, and it's not an excuse to be rude or derail a thread. Quote:
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So yes, your point is taken. Communications is a very challenging aspect of human behavior. That said, I don't think I agree with the "self firing" definition. You can stop the "self firing" anytime you wish by removing your finger from the trigger. You can't stop the "self loading", semi or full auto. |
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Bud-Self firing was the best thing that can to mind when I wrote the post. If you have a better definition please tell me. That’s not meant sarcastically or as a dig.
Kozak-I understand there is a difference between media buzz words and "mag vs clip". They both still annoy me Tuttle- I agree with you. I like to think I'm #1 as well. Clarity is important. Everyone knows that a "clip" is a magazine. But saying "The clip is loaded from the clip" instead of the "The magazine is loaded from the clip" is just confusing. I'm not saying that we need to go around correcting people who call cartridges bullets but terminology needs to be correct or it's useless and we may as well go back to calling things thingamajiggets, doohickeys, and whatjamacallits. And buzzwords used by anti's should NEVER be used.
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My definition of Full auto is more than one round per trigger pull. Seems like that pretty much covers it.
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Now, mind you, when there's a gathering of friends or the like our discussion is much more informal and my guard is down a bit.
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Personally, I think such things are important to people for the same reason that saving some owl or butterfly is important to people. Namely, life is so good and so easy that we have nothing more critical with which to concern ourselves. Victims of our own prosperity, so to speak.
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