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CTS · December 23, 2012, 05:32 PM

The thing that gets me is, as you can see in the definition above. Just holding a stick or rock in a threatening manner is considered an assault. If I actually hit you with that stick or rock that would be considered battery. That is why you hear the term assault and battery. So how does that apply to the appearance of a rifle? By liberal terms, if it has a threatening appearance, it is deemed an assault rifle. It makes no difference if you installed a ramp and blocked off the mag well and capped the gas port so that you had to load it one round at a time. It still looks menacing so it would still be an assault rifle. You know, it has a pistol grip and a flash suppressor. Evil stuff.

December 23, 2012, 05:32 PM	#14
CTS Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2011 Location: NE Georgia Posts: 1,070	The thing that gets me is, as you can see in the definition above. Just holding a stick or rock in a threatening manner is considered an assault. If I actually hit you with that stick or rock that would be considered battery. That is why you hear the term assault and battery. So how does that apply to the appearance of a rifle? By liberal terms, if it has a threatening appearance, it is deemed an assault rifle. It makes no difference if you installed a ramp and blocked off the mag well and capped the gas port so that you had to load it one round at a time. It still looks menacing so it would still be an assault rifle. You know, it has a pistol grip and a flash suppressor. Evil stuff.