I got into a discussion once with an anti-gun type, and he used the term “Assault Weapon” talking about guns that should be banned/restricted. I mentioned that the term was essentially meaningless.
We went around a little bit clarifying to him what exactly I meant by that. Finally in frustration he said “OK so what do YOU call an AR-15?”
I responded “A rifle”.
He didn’t seem to like that at all, but didn’t pursue the issue any further.
October 30, 2014 at 4:23 pm
Heh! Awesome take!
I got into a discussion once with an anti-gun type, and he used the term “Assault Weapon” talking about guns that should be banned/restricted. I mentioned that the term was essentially meaningless.
We went around a little bit clarifying to him what exactly I meant by that. Finally in frustration he said “OK so what do YOU call an AR-15?”
I responded “A rifle”.
He didn’t seem to like that at all, but didn’t pursue the issue any further.
October 30, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Actually, that story is kind of where I “stole” the title for the post. I remembered you telling it on the Squirrel Report.