[ExI] Russians bots at work again?

[SR Ballard]

Technical definitions aside, “assault rifle” seems to mean any normal rifle, which is black, with a plastic stock, versus a “normal rifle” with brassing and a wooden stock. 

More specifically, these features seem to be “okay”:

- lever action
- .22
- BB gun
- Pellet gun
- Iron sight
- magazine 9 or less
- wooden stock
- brassing
- antiques

https://www.cabelas.com/product/home/rimfire-rifles-and-pistols/lever-action-rimfire-rifles/pc/105625080/c/1611677880/sc/105532380/henry-golden-boy-lever-action-and-hmr-rimfire-rifles/1381524.uts?slotId=0

These features are “questionable”: 

- .308
- bolt action
- magazine 10-20

These features seem to be “assault”:

- black
- plastic stick
- camo pattern
- scope
- magazine higher than 20
- fully automatic
- calibers abover .308
- side feeding
- hollow point

https://www.usa-gun-shop.com/6-best-50-bmg-rifles-for-sale-in-2019/

Please note that in the term “assault rifle” assault means “tactical”, or “reminiscent of military equipment”, rather than referring to to the crime “assault/battery”. 

SR Ballard

> On Jun 27, 2020, at 12:34 PM, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> Technically, in the law, you can be assaulted just by being looked at, though probably that hasn't been in the courts for many years.  Battery is when you get hit.   
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> assault - defined as intentionally putting another person in reasonable apprehension of an imminent harmful or offensive contact. Physical injury is not required.  bill w
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>> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 12:27 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
>> Subject: Re: [ExI] Russians bots at work again?
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>> >…Or it's a rifle that fires rubber bullets that puts people's eyes out.  bill w
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>> Red Rider BB guns do that, since BBs have eye-seeking technology but rubber bullets seldom have such technology.
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>> Perhaps it is a rifle which can be swung like a baseball bat, to swat some reprehensible villain or victim, which would meet my understanding of the term “assault” but not a fixed-emplacement anti-aircraft weapon such as an M-60 or a T-44, which are too big and bulky to be used in that bizarre manner.
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>> When you hear the answer to this, a lotta stuff will start to make sense.
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>> spike
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