Reddit reviews Gun Digest Buyer's Guide To Assault Weapons

This one's too easy.

The picture posted shows multiple things, including use of the terms "assault rifle" and "assault pistol," which aren't in question here, only the term "assault weapon."

While it does indeed showcase "The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons," that book was first published in 1986. The "Buyer's guide to Assault Weapons" also pictured was published in 2008.

In 1985, a year prior to any evidence presented that the pro-gun side ever used the term "assault weapons," Art Agnos of California introduced gun control addressing "assault firearms," but uttered this quote in support of the bill:

>"The only use for assault weapons is to shoot people"

Of course, inconvenient facts never stop gun control advocates.

[edit] words are hard