We seriously have got to crush this term "assault rifle/weapon" in regard to civilian legal semi-autos.
GunErgy, every time your friend uses the term, correct him by saying, "you mean semi-auto rifle that looks like a military rifle" Do it until he concedes. Do not relent. You have to crush the emotion out of the discussion.
He has been and shot several handguns which he really liked. Classic view of semi-auto handguns are fine, but "assault rifles" are pure evil. You know even though rifles are responsible for < 10% of all gun related homicides...
Don't bring facts into this.The stats in this article are excellent ammunition in any discussion with a gun grabber (not that they give a crap about actual facts or stats). I put this in a thread in the 2A section.
Irrational Fear of Mass Shootings Can't Justify Unconstitutional Gun Control - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Don't bring facts into this.
AR-15s for the civilian Market were designed to be semi-automatic sporting rifles.... they badly want to do away with the 2nd Amendment. All these anti-2nd Amendment people need to move to California or New York or even Illinois. They will get to experience all the gun control they can handle. They will also get to experience what it's like to be under constant fear of criminals with guns....
Working in IL , I can confirm this conjecture...