Armed guard members will carry the type of weapon they are normally issued and trained on, typically M17 handguns and M4 semiautomatic rifles, similar to assault-style rifles, the Defense Department officials said. Some guard members will carry M9 pistols.
The military weapons are similar to those used by local police departments across the United States. The M4 is a standard semiautomatic rifle and has roughly the same capabilities as semiautomatic rifles used by law enforcement agencies.
Completely incorrect. NBC is clearly trying to downplay the seriousness of this. M4 rifles are not assault “style”. They are assault rifles, fullstop. The M4, and other assault rifles, are not legal for civilian use. They have full automatic or burst fire capability, depending on the specific model.
The weapons these soldiers are carrying are not AR-15s. These are not “assault weapons”. These are weapons of war. They are not for civilian hunters or shooting competitions. They are for killing human beings.
What? AR-15s are hunting rifles cosplaying as military hardware.
Don’t know why you were downvoted for a factual comment. Military grade is vastly different. Most consumers even with deep pockets such as myself aren’t going to cough up $13k for a proper AR-15 with fully automatic trigger and higher quality barrels and better BCG.
People don’t actually know anything about guns. They think an AR-15 is military hardware because it looks the part, but actual military hardware is capable of automatic fire.
An AR-15 with automatic fire capabilities will land you in federal prison for a decade at minimum.
Both shoot the exact same bullets and both can hold 30+ of those bullets in the magazine. Only big difference is the trigger.
What a minimizing way to say the only difference is the rate of fire