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https://www.nationalreview.com/news...-weapon-calling-term-highly-politicized/

Avoid Using ‘Assault Weapon,’ Calling Term ‘Highly Politicized’



In a Wednesday tweet, the Associated Press Stylebook reiterated guidance advising journalists to refrain from using the terms “assault weapon” and “assault rifle,” which they call “highly politicized.”

“The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is pulled, and automatically reloads for a subsequent shot, is a semi-automatic rifle. An automatic rifle continuously fires rounds if the trigger is depressed and until its ammunition is exhausted,” reads a July 2022 style tip, recommending their usage over more general references to “assault” weaponry.

According to the Stylebook, which is adhered to by newsrooms across the country, the “assault” label “convey[s] little meaning about the actual functions of the weapon.” While the Stylebook change was first made in 2020, conservatives have long derided the modifier as misleading and imprecise.

Stephen Gutowski, founder of The Reload, an outlet dedicated to coverage of firearms policy, reacted on Twitter by expressing his agreement with the guidance, calling it “very good.”

President Joe Biden and members of his party in Congress have called for the reinstatement of an “assault weapons ban,” referring to a provision included in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.

In that bill, “assault weapons” were defined as semi-automatic rifles with two or more features from a list that included bayonet mounts, grenade launchers, and pistol grips. Certain specific models, including Colt AR-15s, were also not allowed to be manufactured for civilian use under the ban, although weapons already lawfully possessed before its passage were grandfathered in.


Although studies have come to varying conclusions on the efficacy of the ban, with most calling its effects negligible, it has been observed that a vast majority of crimes committed with firearms are perpetrated using firearms not defined as “assault weapons” by the 1994 bill.

The AP’s guidance, highlighted in a tweet on Wednesday, marked a rare ruling that pleased political conservatives. Previous guidance on gender issues and urban violence had been criticized for accepting progressive premises.


https://reason.com/volokh/2022/07/1...assault-rifle-and-semi-automatic-weapon/
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I don't agree with everything in the AP Stylebook, but I think this guidance is sound (and I think it's generally useful for prominent media organizations to offer such suggestions to writers):

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FXkl1dvWAAA_1Vc?format=png[/img]

Thanks to Alan Gottlieb (Second Amendment Foundation) for pointing this out.

https://www.saf.org/associated-press-makes-smart-gun-change-to-style-book-says-saf/

ASSOCIATED PRESS MAKES SMART GUN CHANGE TO STYLE BOOK, SAYS SAF
BELLEVUE, WA – After years of incorporating the terms “assault rifle” and “assault weapons” into news reports involving firearms, especially when used in crimes, journalists are now advised by the Associated Press to avoid the “highly politicized terms,” and the Second Amendment Foundation says it’s a “smart gun change.”

“It’s about time the media realized the terms ‘assault rifle’ and ‘assault weapon’ are inflammatory and meaningless,” said SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “Those terms have become part of the gun prohibition lobby’s lexicon, and unfortunately, journalists across the country have been all-too-willing to adopt their vocabulary and repeatedly use it in their reports.

“I’m glad to see the AP Stylebook now recognizes that these firearms only fire one round each time a trigger is pulled,” he continued, “and really function no differently than any other semi-auto rifle, pistol or shotgun, all of which have been in common use in this country for more than a century.”

According to an AP Style Tip, “The preferred term for a rifle that fires one bullet each time the trigger is pulled, and automatically reloads for a subsequent shot, is a semi-automatic rifle. An automatic rifle continuously fires rounds if the trigger is depressed and until its ammunition is exhausted.

“Avoid assault rifle and assault weapon,” the AP adds, “which are highly politicized terms that generally refer to AR- or AK-style rifles designed for the civilian market, but convey little meaning about the actual functions of the weapon.”

As noted by Gottlieb, “The gun prohibition lobby has always used ‘assault rifle’ or ‘assault weapon’ to confuse and frighten the public and make people think it’s a fully automatic ‘weapon of war.’ Now we’ll have to see how intellectually honest journalists will be in adopting this correct terminology, rather than continuing to use these deliberately misleading references.

“This laudable effort by the Associated Press may help restore the level of trust the public should have in the media,” he observed. “It will be interesting to see if the media now challenges politicians and anti-gun lobbyists whenever they use such terms, especially since ‘AR’ never referred to ‘assault rifle’ but to Armalite Rifle, and the gun control crowd has always known it.”


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I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

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I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

Yep.

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I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

100%.

The AP was captured long ago and has been a mouthpiece for Jewish propaganda ever since.

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I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

Hopefully making their attempts seem overreaching and unreasonable.

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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.


How does Alan Gottlieb of The Second Amendment Foundation figure into this conspiracy?


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Originally Posted by Stickfight
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

100%.

The AP was captured long ago and has been a mouthpiece for Jewish propaganda ever since.

Is Alan Gottlieb of The Second Amendment Foundation part of this Jewish propaganda machine?


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Frankly, all the whining and screaming about how "it's not an assault rifle!!!!" has been detrimental. Instead of standing up for the Right to Bear Arms, no matter what they are called, the enemy has maneuvered us into a pointless argument about their terminology.

Every time I see someone say something like "modern sporting rifle" or some other such, I cringe.

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Originally Posted by Stickfight
Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

100%.

The AP was captured long ago and has been a mouthpiece for Jewish propaganda ever since.
Correct, but so have the vast majority of all other news outlets. Preaching to the choir here, I know.

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Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
Is Alan Gottlieb of The Second Amendment Foundation part of this Jewish propaganda machine?
Does the fact that the American Cosa Nostra isn't made up of every ethnically Italian in America mean that the American Cosa Nostra isn't an ethnically Italian crime syndicate.

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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

Spot on.


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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.
I believe that we are getting exactly what we were demanding. For the longest time we have been stomping our feet and yelling to the top of our lungs that AR-15 style rifle aren't "assault weapons" but are actually just semiautomatic rifles

Well we got our wish, now they are just coming after semiautomatic guns in general!


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Originally Posted by PaulBarnard
I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

Including Remington 760s?

I can see it now, Wyoming Arms will be the first to market pump-action "AR-15s" with 30-round magazines.

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Originally Posted by Stophel
Frankly, all the whining and screaming about how "it's not an assault rifle!!!!" has been detrimental. Instead of standing up for the Right to Bear Arms, no matter what they are called, the enemy has maneuvered us into a pointless argument about their terminology.

Every time I see someone say something like "modern sporting rifle" or some other such, I cringe.
I agree, I typed my post before I got to read your response. The Left is trying to use the "historical precedence" argument to their favor claiming there were no semiautomatic guns when the 2nd amendment was created. I think it's a very weak argument but every weak argument can become the strong truth if told enough to the right people.


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Originally Posted by 12344mag
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I think that they did it as a strategic move. This will allow them to target a broader category of weapons for their ban.

Spot on.


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This is a clear reaction to the recent Supreme Court decision, Bruen, which held that only regulations that comport with historical regulation and practices in the US can be upheld.

They're trying to create a narrative that all semi auto weapons are relatively recent in history and were not intended to be protected by the Second Amendment. Next step will be to get an activist district court to uphold bans on semi autos based on this narrative, which will be upheld by a number of appeals courts (9th Circuit, for sure) as following the Bruen opinion.


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