Feds admit in court that AR-15's are not weapons of war

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It does not say all semi-autos. (Some semi-autos were developed solely for military use; some were designed solely for sporting use; and some are variants of military rifles modified to semi-auto.)

I quotearts and components specifically designed for conversion of a (semi-automatic firearm) to a fully automatic firearm. It did not specify the difference between semi auto intent, use, purpose, sex, gender identity, religion, military service, or political affiliation, just semi auto firearm.

The difference is important, however, because it is being argued that semi-auto rifles are not "weapons of war," when in fact some were designed expressly as war weapons.

Like Gottlieb, I said "rifles like the AR15," which includes the AK74 adopted by Russia, the Stg77 adopted by Austria, the Stg90 adopted by Switzerland, etc, etc.

OK, then the semi auto Rem model 8 was first sold to civilians on October 16, 1900, John Browning was granted U.S. Patent 659,786 for the semi automatic rifle for the Remington Model 8, sold to civilians and then to military and police in limited numbers.

:confused: Is the Remington Model 8 a "modern sporting rifle"???

As for the AR15 specifically, it was adopted by the US Air Force in January, 1962. (http://looserounds.com/556timeline/556dw-1962/)

In November 1963, McNamara approved the U.S. Army's order of 85,000 XM16E1s and to appease General LeMay, the Air Force was granted an order for another 19,000 M16s. In March 1964, the M16 rifle went into production and the Army accepted delivery of the first batch of 2,129 rifles later that year, and an additional 57,240 rifles the following year.

January, 1962: The USAF classifies the AR-15 as a standard weapon for its inventory. http://looserounds.com/556timeline/556dw-1962/
January, 1963: The USAF receives the final AR-15 of its original 8,500 rifle order. http://looserounds.com/556timeline/556dw-1963/

Hmm. Since they are "functionally the same weapons," doesn't that mean they essentially are "weapons of war"? :eek:

Every firearm designed has it's roots from weapons of war.

LOL. Every firearm has its "roots" in the single-shot, muzzleloading, medieval "hand cannon." That's quite a bit different than being functionally the same.

The point is that the select-fire M16 and the semi-auto AR15 have basically the same combat capability.

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