[SoldierDad]

Gun owners like Earl Rhodes agree with the chief, but still want to own assault weapons.

Huh???

[Cboldt]

He agrees that assault weapons are effective defense weapons.

[Charles Martel]

Gun owners like Earl Rhodes agree with the chief, but still want to own assault weapons.

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Huh???

The police chief's comment, however slanted, was factually correct. ALL modern firearms are derived from weapons that were designed to kill humans. It's the "there are no other uses for them" argument that's the mark of a political opportunist or a piss-stained hoplophobe (but I repeat myself).

[Oztrich Boy]

Perfectly logical

St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon agrees. "Assault rifles are meant basically to kill human beings," said Harmon. "There are no other uses for them."

Gun owners like Earl Rhodes agree with the chief, but still want to own assault weapons

Assault rifles are selective fire military weapons firing an intermediate powered round

"Assault weapons" is a gun grabber term for an civilian semiautomatic rifle firing an intermediate powered round

[SeeSac]

I also agree with the chief. Military rifles were made to, uh, kill people.