Are we all complicit w/ reverse coinage of the term of the decade / century.... "Assault Weapon"

Pop Quiz - clear your mind w/ a deep exhale (invoke your inner chi - spirit guide or whatever, lol) then bring the term 'AW' to the forefront of your mind.

(in full disclosure this thread is more of a meandering musing of my mind in the context of Cultural manipulation & the Societal malleability of connotative meanings. It's about the coinage of intent for an overused term that may well grow legs, taking on a life of its own.) So yehh, its like far out there man... def not for everyone, its like gnarly mind fatigue & all - dude...

- What evocation of emotion, what nuance of connotation, what associative ideologic rudiments involuntarily surfaced with the simple descriptive term 'Assault Weapon'? I guaran-damn-T that something more than a concise defining classification for a mechanized grouping of firearms came to mind. Sadly I can see how the influencing factors of culture have pervaded, shaping the formative tenets of my own mind, mental processes & ideological calculi.

Is there a cultural campaign being waged towards a a calculative end - is there an attempt at associative linking of ideological fundaments. Are we being conditioned to respond adversely to the term 'AW'? Are w being desensitized to the notion of functional parallels w/ conventional hunting rifles that operate similarly>

In the same way that a Harley Davidson logo connotes counter culture rebellion & freedom. Will the image of an AR or AK or the utterance of that two word term 'AW' by design evoke a culturally steered associative meaning, a targeted evocation of ideologic building blocks?

It goes without saying that the MSM, The Cultural titans of influence from our institutions of education to the trite adds & commercials we consume - have an overwhelming influence on Cultural conditioning. (particularly with the hottest of hot - hot button 'AW' issue)

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/...n-licensing-assault-weapons-ban-magazine-ban/

 

A personal testament of my own devolution of societally driven propagandization lol... As a young teen I was introduced to my first centerfire, purpose specific, varmint rifle - the AR platform. It was a pragmatic selection as I was a bit of a twig, 'all legs' so they said. I had an adjustable stock which fit me / my length of pull perfectly wearing a t-shirt or bundled up w/ layers.

The image of an AR-15 used to evoke cherished memories of snuggling for warmth w/ my hunting partner in a sea of pungent grasses undulating under the shifting breezes. For a long time something just wasn't quite right if an AR wasn't at least partially camoed out. 'Hunting' in short, was the involuntary meaning & essence I connotatively ascribed to the mere mention or sight of an AR. Even ideologic tenets of hunting culture - facets of safety, ethical shot discipline, controlled breathing sequencing for the trigger sear to break as if it had a mind of its own - so much was encapsulated - with just that one cue.

A far cry from what now floods my consciousness when an AR cue pops up - things like deception, opportunistic leveraging, fomenting of the absurd, particularly objectionable anti 2A individuals etc. etc. it crowds out all else.

 

Not really. Most gun owners as you describe simple ignore the ignorant and continue to enjoy the many different ways to use a firearm besides killing something..

Then again I truly enjoy breaking my weapons down and meticulously cleaning and lubricating them, in fact I find the smell of hoppe's 9 somewhat of aphrodisiac

 

Thanks Sahba I have been looking for an opportunity to post a resource link for all those members caught up in the never ending debate around “assault weapons “

Business insider has a wonderful article on this

https://www.businessinsider.com/ter...ssing-mass-shootings-2019-8#assault-weapons-3

 

I've got to pull a BS flag on a snippet of the article above. See if U can spot the rather glaringly significant err. Try not to scan the last sentence... It's actually a critically substantive distinction that 'we' can't budge on. The prog ideologues would like nothing more than to reinvent the narrative on this one issue.

But in 1994, after the now-expired assault weapons ban passed, the Justice Department said, "In general, assault weapons are semiautomatic firearms with a large magazine of ammunition that were designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use."

The AR was never even remotely designed for 'combat use' PERIOD.

 

I think we get too hung up on the "Assault riffle" part and never get past the whole "it doesn't matter what they are called because our right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED".

 

Meh, I do not care about terms or words. The principle "to keep and bear arms" says it all. This is a right. Assault rifle, grenade launcher, etc.... are arms.

 

Exactly right but it is designed to look like it is which some people like and makes others tremble in fear. Personally if I'm pointing a weapon at an intruder that makes him tremble in fear the scary looking gun has already done it's job and it's far less likely I will actually have to pull the trigger.

 

Actually that would be you, you and YOU. Who would have guessed the path to reducing gun violence and murder in America would come from a country that cared nothing about guns until all those that they considered nothing more then locus were murdered and reduced to number that were no longer a threat to THEIR way of life..

Ruthless hypocrisy and hardly a voice or example of gun control..

 

It’s interesting to think about the psychological (marketing) aspects of word choices and using culture to bend connotations of those words to further influence conscious and unconscious thought. But what really struck me about your post is the importance of letting people be individuals. The importance of letting them value their personal experiences without trying to impose or project our own on them in any way.

 

What exactly is an 'assault weapon'?

 

It certainly wouldn't be reamed out specifically for the chambering of the Rem .223. It certainly wouldn't only have x 2 options for the safety selector (safe & fire)...