assault weapon 

Term coined by Violence Policy Center head Josh Sugarmann to describe cililian semiautomatic firearms with a military or fearsome appearance, yet no more lethality than lesser weapons. Derived from the term "assault rifle", which means a fully automatic, selective fire rate firearm used my military and police personnel.

"Assault weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully-automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons --anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun-- can only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

assault weapon by 1Spectre4U November 12, 2003

Squad Automatic Weapon 

Aka Section Automatic Weapon or Squad Assault Weapon. A usually light or general purpose machine guns designed to give army personnel cover while advancing and also to help keep enemy forces from returning fire. Originally designed for increased mobility from the Heavy tripod mounted machine guns of the WWI era. They were designed as an individually portable, gas operated, magazine or disintegrating metallic link-belt fed light support weapon capable of delivering sustained automatic fire for periods of time which assault rifles could not support due to overheating and lack of accuracy.

The Canadian Soldiers were using their C9A2 Squad Automatic Weapon to suppress the Taliban insurgents.

Squad Automatic Weapon by Mike (PTE) October 30, 2008

assault weapon 

An amorphous term coined by those who support gun control. Applied to semi-automatic weapons that cosmetically resemble fully automatic firearms.

When gun manufacturers began making these so-called assault weapons without the things that made them look menacing, the gun grabbers cried that a "loophole" was found. Well, duh...they would be the last to see that the changes were cosmetic in nature.

assault weapon by tradesman February 9, 2005

Wheelchair weapon 

A weapon in a game that takes absolutely no skill. Something you can be good with even if you are trash at the game.

Person: I'm way too good at this game

Person2: Only because you are using a Wheelchair weapon

Wheelchair weapon by SomeGaminguy February 23, 2021

assault with a deadly weapon 

If you are not being threatened with violence then pointing a gun at the other person would constitute assault with a deadly weapon (felony) and brandishing a firearm. If you didn't have a concealed carry permit, you would also be guilty of carrying without a permit (first offense misdemeanor or felony, second offense felony). You would be arrested, lose your gun, go to jail, probably for more than a year, and lose your right to keep and bear arms. Exact penalty would depend on plea bargaining, the quality of your attorney and what the judge had for breakfast.

Some fool starts yelling at you after a fender bender and you pull out your glock and he calls the cops it will probably be assault with a deadly weapon.

assault with a deadly weapon by sanitycruzer October 11, 2011

armalite ar-10 carbine gas powered semi-automatic weapon 

The Narrator's weapon of choice.

If I were you, I'd be very careful who you show that to. Because the person that wrote that is dangerous. And you never know when this button-down Oxford cloth psycho might come to work with an armalite ar-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon stocking from office to office pumping round after around into co-workers. It could be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.

armalite ar-10 carbine gas powered semi-automatic weapon by Silence November 9, 2003

assault weapon 

A term created for the 1994 "Assault Weapons Ban," which banned firearms based on appearance, brand name, and features not related to firearm function. A proper definition of this word requires the entire 1994 act, so feel free to look it up.

History:

The term "assault weapon" has no industry or military definition. It was created to give a single name to all of the firearms politicians wanted to ban in 1994. Opponents of the 1994 ban refer to it more accurately as the "Semi-Auto" ban.

assault weapon by ed July 25, 2004