Jay Severin is back on the air (if you care).
He's discussing Boston PD use of "assault rifles" as I type this:
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He's discussing Boston PD use of "assault rifles" as I type this:
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Jay Severin back on the air, discussing Boston PD using 'assault rifles' as I type
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CRSIII
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Yes that was Jim Wallace, I heard the start when he called in. He identified him as Jim Wallace of GOAL.
Someone should point out that a semi-auto rifle is not an assault rifle, but that's trival now.
Someone should point out that a semi-auto rifle is not an assault rifle, but that's trival now.
ranger4-7
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Yes that was Jim Wallace, I heard the start when he called in. He identified him as Jim Wallace of GOAL.
Someone should point out that a semi-auto rifle is not an assault rifle, but that's trival now.
It is according to the dictionary (websters), Mass General Law, and the United States Code. What source material can you point to that states it needs to be select fire in order to be an assualt rifle?
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Colt python?![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
Must be, she just said 357 python.
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Yup, thats it. I wasn't sure if she meant a real python. Anyhow, I will take the python, you guys can fight it out for her. Mmm 'K?
Can we just call them "defense rifles" and move on with our lives.
Yup, thats it. I wasn't sure if she meant a real python. Anyhow, I will take the python, you guys can fight it out for her. Mmm 'K?
Thanks, I wouldn't mind both myself.
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seanc
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Hmm.. How about MAPR, Mainstream- All-purpose Popular Rifle?
Kind of like theat..
kevin9
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This misconception is pet peeve number 44. Assault weapons and assault rifles are 2 different things.
The term "assault rifle" has been defined since WWII and is an evolution of the battle rifle. The traditional definition is "A military rifle, capable of controlled, fully-automatic fire from the shoulder, with an effective range of at least 300 metres". Wikipedia actually has a pretty good discussion of the definition of "assault rifle", where it came from, and how it differs from"assault weapon". Even if you discount Wikipedia, one can consult the references which include US Army documents for the matching definition.
The term assault weapon as now used was created by the gun control crowd for the Federal Assault Weapon Ban to cover scary military-style semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns. Again, Wikipedia has some good information and references here.
If I want to put on my conspiracy hat I would wonder if the traditional definition of "assault rifle" is being expanded to incorporate semi-automatic assault weapons to further some form of gun-control purposes. IMNSHO folks like the Brady crowd do not want people to understand the differences, and the implications of these differences; they'd rather the sheeple think of them as one and the same.
The term "assault rifle" has been defined since WWII and is an evolution of the battle rifle. The traditional definition is "A military rifle, capable of controlled, fully-automatic fire from the shoulder, with an effective range of at least 300 metres". Wikipedia actually has a pretty good discussion of the definition of "assault rifle", where it came from, and how it differs from"assault weapon". Even if you discount Wikipedia, one can consult the references which include US Army documents for the matching definition.
The term assault weapon as now used was created by the gun control crowd for the Federal Assault Weapon Ban to cover scary military-style semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns. Again, Wikipedia has some good information and references here.
Websters, and a few other online dictionaries, are wrong. Other reputable sources, like Encyclopedia Britanica, continue with the traditional definition, although even they have begun to conflate the two terms.
If I want to put on my conspiracy hat I would wonder if the traditional definition of "assault rifle" is being expanded to incorporate semi-automatic assault weapons to further some form of gun-control purposes. IMNSHO folks like the Brady crowd do not want people to understand the differences, and the implications of these differences; they'd rather the sheeple think of them as one and the same.
Nope. Neither Mass General Laws nor the United States Code define the term "assault rifle". They both define the term "assault weapon" in conjunction with the state <spit> and repealed federal AWBs specifically to exclude automatic or select fire weapons.
See above for references.
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I was thinking that yesterday. He says he's big into guns. I figure someone, somwhere has seen him at a range. Maybe they don't recognize him?
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He could go home at night, open the safe and admire his babies. Or he can be like every other radio personality and be full of shit or big into guns like wikipedia big into guns. Hey, there are many possibilities.
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Well, how many people on here know what he looks like? I do (from pictures online) but if I wasn't expecting to see him I don't know that I'd register it was him. You know, all out of context?
I'm not sure where he lives but I've been considering asking him to shoot with us. Perhaps at an event. I think it would be the icing on the cake.
And I'm thrilled Jim called in. He should be a regular commentator.
Garys
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I've never heard that he paid for the studio, I'd actually assume that either the station or the syndicate that put him on nationally paid for it.
Speaking of which, he always implied that he lived locally although before he went into syndication he was actually doing the show from Long Island, NY. Which was why he never talked about local issues.
Is he now living in MA or is he still in New York?
