Original “Assault Weapon” of the American Revolution era?

Nadler steps in it then puts his foot in his mouth here


Later that day, probably less than 20 minutes Jerry be like:


Everyone in an AWB state who owns something that resembles an assault weapon be like:

 

The U.S Army in fact DID set the definitions for "Assault Rifle's" in 1994 just prior to the AWB by Klinton and Pedo!
Their qualifying specifications are listed above in @sec_monkey post! The point is, The U.S Army would be THE experts on such things, and should have been asked to explain it publicly! Politicians should be held to task in proffering this nonsense, and forbidden from legislating against legal arms, ALL arms! By Rights, even "Machine Guns" pass the Constitutnal sniff test and prior to 1934, they were in fact in common use!

Definition[edit]
The U.S. Army defines assault rifles as "short, compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between submachine gun and rifle cartridges."[18] In this strict definition, a firearm must have at least the following characteristics to be considered an assault rifle:[2][3][4]

• It must be capable of selective fire.
• It must have an intermediate-power cartridge: more power than a pistol but less than a standard rifle or battle rifle, examples of intermediate cartridges are the 7.92×33mm Kurz, the 7.62×39mm and 5.56×45mm NATO.
• Its ammunition must be supplied from a detachable box magazine.[5]
• It must have an effective range of at least 300 metres (330 yards).

Rifles that meet most of these criteria, but not all, are not assault rifles according to the U.S. Army's definition. For example:

• Select-fire M2 Carbines are not assault rifles; their effective range is only 180 metres (200 yd).[19]
• Select-fire rifles such as the Fedorov Avtomat, FN FAL, M14, and H&K G3 main battle rifles are not assault rifles; they fire full-powered rifle cartridges.
• Semi-automatic-only rifles like the Colt AR-15 are not assault rifles; they do not have select-fire capabilities.
• Semi-automatic-only rifles with fixed magazines like the SKS are not assault rifles; they do not have detachable box magazines and are not capable of automatic fire.

Distinction from assault weapons[edit]
Further information: Assault weapon and Assault weapons legislation in the United States
In the United States, selective-fire rifles are legally defined as "machine guns", and civilian ownership of those has been tightly regulated since 1934 under the National Firearms Act and since 1986 under the Firearm Owners Protection Act.[20] However, the term "assault rifle" is often conflated with "assault weapon", a U.S. legal category with varying definitions which includes many semi-automatic weapons. This use has been described as incorrect and a misapplication of the term

 

The AC556 isn't an assault weapon then. You ain't hitting shit past 200yd.

 

Video proof.

And he almost got away with it.
No not really.

 

Nancy for the sniff test win!