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RE: “UR-15” (Utility Rifle) – Renaming Eugene Stoner’s Iconic AR-15 (and variants)
There's a staying about controlling the person(s) that controls the words used controls the debate. Nothing shows that to be more true than the gun control debate.
No one wants to hear about assault weapons, Saying something is used for assault automatically places it in a bag light, but replacing assault with utility changes the debate! I like the idea a lot.
To further your car analogy imagine if we called SUVs "Sport Assault Vehicles" they suddenly go from something many Americans own and drive daily to something ominous and scary.
Thanks,
Yeah, an AR-15 in the hand(s) of a combatant/soldier is an assault rifle. In the hands of a policeman, it is a weapon, used only to defend himself or herself (or the public), not to assault any individual or group. To the regular citizen, it is a tool for taking game, protecting livestock, protecting property and self, and sport and recreational shooting.