Thursday, January 7, 2010

"Large"? Assault Rifle

Just what the Hell is a Large Assault Rifle?

Various agencies are reporting a disgruntled worker shooting up a transformer plant in St Louis. The local paper and TV stations are reporting police locking down a 2 mile radius around the plant but Fox News starts their article with the description of the gun as a Large Assault Rifle and I am just too confused by that.

So, does this mean the guy is carrying a REALLY BIG rifle? IS an AR-10 a Large assault rifle compared to an AR-15?
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:05 PM

    Probably one of these.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 7, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    Yeah, this annoys me too. Especially considering STL is 2 hours away from my house. :l

    The police actually said 'Military Style rifle' which could be anything from a Springfield, to an M1 Garand, to an AR-15.

    The media is just using the term assault rifle to scare people into giving them viewers, again.

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  3. Mike W.January 8, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    probably a .22 given the medias penchant for accuracy.

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  4. tomJanuary 9, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Military Style Rifle could predate my Revolutionary War era rifles up to the present. They all have rifling. That's what makes them rifles.

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