Battle Creek teen shot in leg by Police
MEDIA GETS “ASSAULT RIFLE” WRONG AGAIN: Teen with assault rifle shot by Battle Creek police
Technically speaking, even the civilian semi-automatic versions of the AK-47 and M16 aren’t “assault rifles.” The whole “assault _weapon_” term was cooked up in response to this inconvenient fact. The weapon this Battle Creek 15-year-old carried was identified as a “9mm assault rifle.” There is no such thing as a 9mm assault rifle, even in the military. My guess is that it was a Hi-Point carbine.
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