I bring this up because i hear over and over about ar-15s and aks being superior killing machines, with no purpose but to mow people down. It really sickens me the dishonesty or severe lack of knowledge from too many on the subject.
What people call assault weapons is a made up term, assault rifles are medium range, medium ammo, medium size to carbine size, and semi auto with select fire. What people dub assault weapons are the same without selective fire, which the military barely uses because it was shown to be a waste of ammo vs one well placed shot. Outside selective fire i can not see a difference, Heck i can not see a difference between them and civilian style weapons other than cosmetics.
An ar15 and a ruger mini14 both fire just as fast as the trigger is pulled, fire the same ammo, and have similiar accuracy. The ar-15 itself with a ring sight is very accurate if it is zeroed properly, but if not it is extremely difficult to shoot vs a firearm with a dovetail sight. The ar 15 has no noticeable feature that make it any more deadly than a semi auto porting rifle, heck people will whine about large capacity magazines, but they are a convenience, anyone who understands their weapon can reload with little interuption.
The ar15 ak47 etc technically all assault rifles and non selective fire variants, do not have superior killing power, infact they lose in any given area against specalized weapons. They were designed to be a jack of all trades, and master of none, which beneffitted the military by only needing one rifle per soldier to handle multiple situations, rather than issuing 3-4 weapons per soldier plus all the ammo to go with it. It can be easy to see why civilians want that, one rifle that when properly trained on can be used for close quarters self defense, medium range and long range hunting, and most shooting styles inbetween.
