The Original Assault Rifle

I was talking with my mother-in-law the day after the Orlando club shooting.  She's what you'd call a 1/2 believer in the 2ARKBA.  She thinks you should be allowed to own a gun, but thinks you only need a revolver or similar anemic arm.  She also buys M3's "assault weapon" diatribe.  So I calmly explained to her that the only thing that has prevented genocide in the modern world is the semi-automatic military-style rifle, and once again explained that assault is a type of human behavior, not a type of firearm (wink, wink, nudge, nudge - people commit crimes, not inanimate objects).  I also thought of the analogy and explained to her that when the Revolutionary War started the musket was considered an 'assault weapon.'  Today I found this picture and it brought the conversation back into my thoughts.  Very appropriate for this Independence Day, the original Brexit!

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