What is your opinion of the recently coined term "Modern Sporting Rifle"? My personal belief is that it was created to appease the anti gun crowds by using it in place of "assault rifle". As if by giving it a neutral, non-threatening sounding name somehow makes it ok in the eyes of some.
I know that many people mistakenly believe that the AR in AR 15 stands for assault rifle. Many people believe that "assault rifles" are evil and dangerous, when the term doesn't even apply to semi-auto military style rifles available for civilian purchase. This has led to the creation and use of MSR to describe modern, magazine fed, military style rifles.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to poll my fellow TFL members and see what the general opinion is for the term Modern Sporting Rifle. I feel it is a term that was created to try and be politically correct, which is why I don't like it and don't use it. What's next? Will Glocks and M&Ps become Modern Sporting Pistols?
If a rifle is capable of firing, ejecting, and loading another cartridge with a single pull of the trigger; it is simply a semi automatic rifle regardless of configuration.
Now I fully understand that with the political climate being what it is, and the uneducated general public's perception of these types of rifles, flying under the radar can be a good thing. But to those of us that know better, it just looks like a weak attempt to be politically correct.
I know that many people mistakenly believe that the AR in AR 15 stands for assault rifle. Many people believe that "assault rifles" are evil and dangerous, when the term doesn't even apply to semi-auto military style rifles available for civilian purchase. This has led to the creation and use of MSR to describe modern, magazine fed, military style rifles.
Out of curiosity, I wanted to poll my fellow TFL members and see what the general opinion is for the term Modern Sporting Rifle. I feel it is a term that was created to try and be politically correct, which is why I don't like it and don't use it. What's next? Will Glocks and M&Ps become Modern Sporting Pistols?
If a rifle is capable of firing, ejecting, and loading another cartridge with a single pull of the trigger; it is simply a semi automatic rifle regardless of configuration.
Now I fully understand that with the political climate being what it is, and the uneducated general public's perception of these types of rifles, flying under the radar can be a good thing. But to those of us that know better, it just looks like a weak attempt to be politically correct.