Petersburg Pilot -

Stop selling

To the Editor:

Thank you for printing our recent letter calling for local stores (one in particular) to stop selling assault rifles. We were perplexed by the editor’s note that followed our letter and wish to correct the record.

You stated that local stores do not sell automatic weapons, implying that assault weapons and automatic weapons are the same thing. They are not. While there is no universal definition of assault weapon, the term commonly includes both automatic and semi-automatic weapons. The Adams Arms 5.56mm FGAA-00115 for sale locally is a semi-automatic rifl...