What are the requirements these days to buy an assault rifle?

[CatofWar]

Unless you plan on assaulting someone with the gun it's just a rifle. Have a valid Id and not be a felon or have violent misdemeanors. And a round in .223 is over kill for home defense. You will deal with over penetration and endanger your wife, kids and neighbors. You are responsible for the round once it leaves the barrel. Get the wife a 20 gauge and call it a day.

[Ja Rhule]

It's not all about home defense. I wanna use it for shooting practice as well.

[mr beauxjangles]

I'll take "Questions that you'll never hear in any other country" for $400 please, Alex.

[Argus Plexus]

AR15 and other similar model weapons such as M4 and whatnot use 5.56 nato, not .223 rem.

[Ja Rhule]

AR15 and other similar model weapons such as M4 and whatnot use 5.56 nato, not .223 rem.

What does this mean in average joe English?

[Kurb]

What does this mean in average joe English?

You need 5.56 rounds in the gun

[Brit-Panther]

What does this mean in average joe English?

It means bigger bullets v smaller bullets......

 

5.56 Nato round is commonly used by militaries around the world. Originated by European countries who formed whats called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Although whats funny when I was in the British military we considered the 5.56 round to be inferior to the standard 7.62 round we used back then....but I digress.

 

223 Rem (Remington) is a hunting round primarily.

[Anybodyhome]

Leave it to NATO to fug something else up.

 

Is there anything NATO hasn't botched?

[Argus Plexus]

In my opinion, 7.62 is a better cartridge. You have a larger round with more force going farther. If you can handle the extra kick, you can really reach out and touch something far away or tear through armor plating at closer ranges. 

 

The reason NATO made it's own rounds is because all of the NATO forces need to be able to use each other's rounds. It's a matter of convenience. The 5.56 round is lighter, still packs a good punch and also good range depending on the rifle it's leaving, and is cheaper to manufacture than the 7.62 round.

[Squirrel]

AR15 and other similar model weapons such as M4 and whatnot use 5.56 nato, not .223 rem.

 

 

.223 and the 5.56 are one in the same.  .223 is the imperial 5.56 is the metric designation. Although you can get different variants AR15's.

[Chimera]

Why are you asking about the requirements for an assault rifle if you plan on buying an AR-15?

[Ja Rhule]

AR stands for assault rifle even tho its a carbin. Most news networks call AR an assault rifle.

[Chimera]

AR stands for Armalite, the company that first made a non-assault rifle version of the M16.

Surely you don't think the AR-24 is an assault rifle?

[Ja Rhule]

AR stands for Armalite, the company that first made a non-assault rifle version of the M16.

Surely you don't think the AR-24 is an assault rifle?

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AR-15

 

 

 

The AR-15 was first built by ArmaLite as an assault rifle for the United States armed forces.