Fact Check: Is an 'assault pistol' a real type of gun?
Jonathan Ferguson, Keeper of Firearms & Artillery at thethat"terms like 'assault pistol' or 'assault weapon' are typically used in political or legal contexts in an attempt to define and categorize one type or class of firearm from another.""'Assault rifle' has historical and some technical utility, one of its defining characteristics being automatic fire capability i.e.
By Ferguson's description, then, the term"assault" may have some formulation based on whether it has automatic fire. Automatic pistols both exist and are purchasable, such aswhich has an"external fire selector at the rear of the slide you can switch from semi-automatic to full-automatic firing mode."
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