RE: Interesting Development
March 26, 2018 at 5:14 pm
(This post was last modified: March 26, 2018 at 5:16 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(March 25, 2018 at 7:49 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(March 25, 2018 at 7:23 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: You know, I seem to always be getting corrected by gun nuts when I say "assault rifle".
"They're not assault rifles! They're semi automatic rifles!"
Well, I'm sure that makes ALL the fucking difference to the dead kids!
The Gun Nuts want everyone to walk around with machine guns, dear. They are all fucking crazy.
For better or for worse it -does- matter to legislation. My sears 22 is an assault rifle just like a brass cannon is an MLRS, lol. If we want it to stick we have to get it right and can;t make excuses for laziness or ineptitude in language or we're just crafting the next loophole.
As catholoo noted(ish), if it -can- be bogged down or obstructed by semantics it -will- be. We need to say what we mean, and..for a refreshing change...mean what we say.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
