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<blockquote data-quote="smeaglet45" data-source="post: 3258488" data-attributes="member: 109546">Man arrested for 2x4 labeled &quot;High Powered Rifle&quot;The rifle was a 5.56mm semi-automatic.&nbsp; It was not set up for either burst-fire or fully-automatic fire.Whether that&#039;s an &quot;assault weapon&quot; or not is pretty nebulous.&nbsp; &quot;Assault weapon&quot; is not really a discrete category of weapons.&nbsp; For the most part, it&#039;s a term used for any semi-automatic weapon that has a military-style aesthetic instead of, say, a rancher-style aesthetic.&nbsp; But aesthetic design, wood versus polymer stocks, etc doesn&#039;t actually mean much of anything in terms of what you can and cannot do with a weapon.For example, most people would say that the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle is not an &quot;assault weapon&quot;:But the Ruger Mini-14 Tactical is an &quot;assault weapon&quot;:...even though they&#039;re mechanically identical (both Ruger Mini-14s chambered for 5.56mm rounds).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="smeaglet45, post: 3258488, member: 109546"] [b]Man arrested for 2x4 labeled "High Powered Rifle"[/b] The rifle was a 5.56mm semi-automatic. It was not set up for either burst-fire or fully-automatic fire. Whether that's an "assault weapon" or not is pretty nebulous. "Assault weapon" is not really a discrete category of weapons. For the most part, it's a term used for any semi-automatic weapon that has a military-style aesthetic instead of, say, a rancher-style aesthetic. But aesthetic design, wood versus polymer stocks, etc doesn't actually mean much of anything in terms of what you can and cannot do with a weapon. For example, most people would say that the Ruger Mini-14 Ranch Rifle is not an "assault weapon": But the Ruger Mini-14 Tactical is an "assault weapon": ...even though they're mechanically identical (both Ruger Mini-14s chambered for 5.56mm rounds). [/QUOTE]

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