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Originally Posted by Annie66
Are we going to parse words here? I believe most readers understood my definition of an assault weapon as a semi-automatic rifle with a high-capacity magazine capable of firing a high rate of fire. Heinous crimes can be defined as any crime resulting serious injuries or death; often to multiple people. The injures can be either physical or mental damage as a result of the event.
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None of it matters. It's a strawman, a red herring, a logical fallacy.
The "problem" has nothing to do with definitions of anything at all. The "problem" is that people who shouldn't have firearms, have them anyway, and are using them to do what firearms are built to do: kill. They're killing people, with devices that are intended to kill, that is their primary function, the thing they were created to do. And they're killing people with a device that they shouldn't be allowed to have.
Any device that's *primary* function is to kill, should require that you have proven capable and qualified, in every way, shape, and form, to accept the responsibility of having such a device. And that means background checks and licensing with actual tests for competency using the device.
The "problem" in this specific thread, is that it exists to deflect from the actual problem.