r/interestingasfuck • u/AdministrativeMud907 • 7d ago

A girl saves her boyfriend from a robbery by pointing a machine gun at two armed robbers.(Texas) r/all

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u/Erichillz 7d ago

Good thing I don't care about US law, certainly not civil law. In the military, firearms are categorised based on their respective roles. Assault rifles or battle rifles refer to firearms that are intended to be carried by a single combatant and fire short bursts, whereas machine guns are usually operated by multiple people and are used for continuous supressive fire. There's gray area of course, but this the typical distinction between machine guns and other firearms in the context of firearms manufacturing or military history. Nowhere in this thread was US law mentioned until you brought it up.

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u/jdhdowlcn 7d ago

Also, you distinction is a little off. How would you classify a M249?

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u/Extaupin 7d ago

What is its official denomination?

According to wikipedia:

The M249 SAW (Squad Automatic Weapon),[4][5][6] formally the Light Machine Gun, 5.56 mm, M249,

So machine gun.

Words mean different things in different context, for the "battlefield role" context you can just check the official name of the thing in their respective military users.

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u/jdhdowlcn 7d ago

Yeah my guy, you're missing the point I was trying to make with the other comment poster.