claim: "semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the military on the battlefield."
author: providence city council
evidence_1: feb 16, 2018 ... what you need to know about semi-automatic rifles like the ar-15 ... the ar-15  and its many variants are popular among gun owners, and they have been been  used in ... the military's m-16 was originally fully automatic, meaning it fired ...  the ar was designed for speedy reloading in combat situations, ...
evidence_2: jan 24, 2013 ... "semi-automatic weapons, whether pistol or rifle, were designed for use by the  military on the battlefield." (false) nope — try hunting and ...
evidence_3: nov 12, 2017 ... the question dean winslow raised—whether a weapon designed for the ... to " see this weapon any place other than the battlefield", and suggests that ... 1) the  original ar-15s used in vietnam were capable of semi or full-automatic fire, ...  the list above is, in order, my sympathies towards gun ownership.
evidence_4: feb 22, 2018 ... an assault rifle designed for the battlefield has become a windfall for the ... with  the high-velocity rounds of the ar-15, he adds, “its as if you shot ... “time and  time again we see it used to do what it was designed to do, ... like military rifles . .  . but function like other semi-automatic civilian sporting firearms.
evidence_5: as a class of military rapid-fire guns, machine guns are fully automatic weapons  designed to be used as support weapons and generally used when attached to ...