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/jdhdowlcn 7d ago

Um... an automatic rifle is a machine gun. And for the " we'll technically" crowd out there. This rifle could be an automatic or modified for automatic fire. But considering that 10s of thousands of dollars or a felony, I'm gonna say this is most likely a plain old semi automatic.

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u/Erichillz 7d ago

Assault rifles like the one in the video are not typically considered true machine guns even if they may be fully automatic

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u/EntertainmentAOK 7d ago

This is correct, because there is no way a rifle like that is able to shoot 500-1000 rounds per minute. Which is how you classify a machine gun. What the asshole you replied to was trying to do is make a pedantic argument and cluster automatic rifles, light machine guns, and machine guns into one grouping for the purposes of being a fucking dickhead.

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u/jdhdowlcn 6d ago

You do realize you're referring to a rate of fire right? An M16, a standard automatic rifle, has a fire rate of 800 rounds a minute. Machine guns are not classified by rate of fire. Under the definitions used, as in US law, a machine gun is any automatic weapon.

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u/BonnieMcMurray 6d ago

Under the definitions used, as in US law, a machine gun is any automatic weapon.

Partially correct (the ATF has 4 definitions, not just one), but moot. There's no basis for implicitly arguing that the definition(s) under US law must be the authoritative one(s) for the purpose of this discussion. Colloquial/historical definitions are no less valid.

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u/jdhdowlcn 6d ago

Nah, takes place in the US, US definitions apply