[68c15]

I always heard "AR" stood for "Armalite Rifle" and now people are calling it assault rifle. am I wrong or are people making it sound worse than it is out of pure fear/ignorance?

 

[aa1911]

the term AR has nothing to do with assault rifle that I'm aware of.

but you'd have a hard time convincing the media of that! everything lately is an assault rifle apparantly...

 

[Jerryboy]

i thought it stood simply for ARmalite.

 

[nmckenzie]

i thought it stood simply for ARmalite.

Quite right, as with the AR-7 .22lr autoloader from the same stable initially. The term "Assault Rifle" was, I believe, first coined by Adolf Hitler upon being shown a new selective fire 7.92x33mm Kurz (Short) rifle, which he termed Sturmgewehr (Storm or Assault Rifle). It utilized a 30 round detatchable box magazine.

 

[Snakedriver]

Armalite for the WIN!!!

Th anti-gunners who think it stands for "Assault Rifle" are just trying to pour gasoline on the fire.

 

[hogger129]

I'm not surprised. It's just like how they think an AR-15 is a machine gun.

 

[wv hillbilly]

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[jmace57]

OK guys. Let's change the name of the AR-15 to the fluffy-bunny 15. Much less threatening.

 

[aa1911]

as long as it's not a bushmaster, you're OK! much less scary.

bloomberg thinks all AR15's go ppppppppppffffffffffffffffttttttttttttttt and dump all their rounds full auto with a single trigger squeeze. Anyone that stupid wouldn't care what you call it!

 

[Guest]

Just call it what it is a Sport Utility Rifle or SUR for short...