THE DAILY FUDD: E160: "VERY impartial video: 'What Actually Defines an Assault Rifle, and Who Invented Them?.'"

This family of YouTube channels presents some extremely well-done and generally balanced videos. They aren't perfect, of course. But then, I don't operate them.

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you might have noticed few of those

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features in any way affect the actual

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mechanical operation or deadliness of a

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firearm and instead merely serve to make

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it look tactical or scary compared to

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more traditional firearms used for

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hunting and other sporting purposes

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unsurprisingly this purely cosmetic

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definition has led to a variety of

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nonsensical contradictions in the

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application of gun control laws for

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example the ruger mini 14 a scaled down

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version of the m14 chambered for the

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5.56 by 45 millimeter cartridge has

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rarely been targeted by assault weapons

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bands despite firing the same cartridge

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and having roughly the same capabilities

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as the ar-15 the only major difference

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between the ar-15 and the mini 14 is

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that the latter is typically sold with a

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traditional wooden stock making it look

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less intimidating none of this of course

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has any bearing on who should be able to

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own which firearms

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