Sirs, I already said that looks don't play any part in my stating that the Bushmasters shown on this thread are in fact assault rifles. Yet, you keep bringing it up. Secondly, I never stated how to change one of these Bushmasters into a fully automatic weapon. That they can be is common knowledge, and frankly that you don't know that it's common knowledge is just another example of how limited your experience with, and understanding of, firearms is.
No, what you've said, that in the hands of a soldier, even a semi-automatic weapon can be very deadly. Basically spouting points not in contention. That soldiers often prefer the semi-automatic mode vs the automatic mode. Again, not in debate.
The issue is what MAKES an assault rifle a military assault weapon, NOT how a weapon can be used, or how well it can kill. What MAKES an assault weapon an assault rifle is
the functional ability to fire in automatic mode.
Without it, it's not an assault rifle. Period, end of sentence. Again, under your parameters of
what it can do, an old west lever action Henry rifle would be an assault rifle, in the hands of a soldier who could use it
Hunting rifles can fire pretty much as fast, and with higher velocity. In fact, the internal mechanisms of firing a bullet from a standard clip fed hunting rifle are pretty damn similar to this Bushmaster. The only real difference........its LOOKS. It LOOKS like something the military would use. The reason military do use it is because its lighter, with less recoil, using a smaller bullet, with a lower velocity, than most hunting rifles. Not to mention they can legally feed it larger than 10 round magazines, and their version DOES have
the option to fire in automatic mode, making it a true assault rifle....that hunting rifles can not
And yea, you did claim if you knew what you were doing, you could alter a legal semi automatic weapon into an illegal fully automatic one....in just a few minutes.
If you don't know what your doing, I guess that gets you off the hook. If you do.....well, my recommendation is again to keep that to yourself.
So much for the notion that I have some feeble understanding of firearms. Shot down on the CCW issue, and now here....pun intended