tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post8097034225274886486..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: Ultra high Power Weapons of the Apocalypse!Capt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-18119061246513805152015-12-09T08:17:04.572-05:002015-12-09T08:17:04.572-05:00Maybe you're right. "Intimidating" ...Maybe you're right. "Intimidating" might be a better word anyway. It's just that all the focus on banning these things seems misguided to me.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-23364052414974128792015-12-08T17:05:42.911-05:002015-12-08T17:05:42.911-05:00I disagree the terminology is meant to make them s...I disagree the terminology is meant to make them seem frightening. I've seen the industry (manufacturers and publications) use the term Assault Rifle before they figured out it wasn't that great of an ad slogan.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11191475867552960467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-30212974203414889552015-12-08T09:35:40.344-05:002015-12-08T09:35:40.344-05:00Semi-auto is semi-auto. What makes something an as...Semi-auto is semi-auto. What makes something an assault rifle in the eyes of the public has mostly to do with appearance. The Ruger pictured is one example. My point is that such weapons as we're calling by that name are not the automatic weapons used by the military any more than the Nissan Sentra is just like a race car, as the commercials tell us. <br /><br />But the large magazines make them better for mayhem, heavy as they are and cumbersome. Why any hunter would need a 90 or 40 or even a 20 round magazine I don't know. Perhaps detachable magazines at all need to be questioned.<br /><br />They are plenty deadly, but so is any rifle and you can assault people with any firearm. In my opinion the terminology is used to make them seem frightening. Any discussion of firearms seems to be so loaded with hyperbole it goes nowhere.<br /><br /> Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-62609809589878172592015-12-08T08:56:40.356-05:002015-12-08T08:56:40.356-05:00I never realized that the assault weapon was mecha...I never realized that the assault weapon was mechanically identical to modern hunting rifles. <br />So the difference is the Rambo Factor - the feeling of power gained through the use of high capacity magazines?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com