Assault Rifles Debate

Having fired some of their weapons, I disagree that there is no difference between an AK-47 or AR-15 and a hunting rifle. Magazine size and ease of reloading make a difference. Semi-automatic weapons such as the AK-47, AR-15 or even SKS can still be manually fired at high rates, with easy reloading. They were designed for combat, not hunting, and even removing their fully-automatic capability, they're still quite effective.

Assault rifles are rifles designed for killing humans (as opposed to hunting rifles). Sniper rifles require training. Shot guns have limited range and take long to reload. Handguns are hard to aim and not that lethal. Assault rifles are unique in that they allow an untrained teenager to shoot accurately and kill a lot of people very quickly. That’s why people want to restrict access to AR-15 type rifles.

The difference between a military assault rifle and a normal gun is the selective fire which allows automatic fire and semi-automatic. In the military, the type of firing that does almost all the killing is semi-automatic, just like a consumer gun. There's really nothing special about an AK-47.

I'd take an all-American AR-15 restricted to semi-automatic fire over a rusty old fully-automatic Afghan Kalashnikov.Not a California-spec AR-15 mind you, but a full bore, Screamin Eagle, Texas-spec AR-15, with a high capacity magazine and all the other bells and whistles.

A sniper rifle would do a much better job.

I think you should question your surety. Most states ban modern day assault rifle calibers for hunting deer because they are too small in diameter to do enough damage and deliver a humane kill. Hunting calibers (.308, .243 win, 30.06) are much larger and more powerful than the 5.56/5.45 the modern M4-pattern and AK74 use.In addition, per wartime regulations the worlds armies are only allowed to use FMJ which leaves a much smaller wound channel. Hunting rounds are typically soft point or

I said "assault rifle".

He meant assault rifle not machine gun right?

Not true, here is one of many counterexamples:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_Model_700

Aren't those Swiss guns mostly rifles, rather than handguns?