2006-08-30 08:33:05 · 10 answers · asked by bulldog5667 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
A gun is an artillery piece, the only thing a handheld firearm can be called is a rifle,pistol,carbine,shotgun, ect. or a firearm.
2006-08-30 08:39:07 · answer #1 · answered by Black Sabbath 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
According to the dictionary on Yahoo a gun is "A weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is fired at high velocity into a relatively flat trajectory". So a rifle or a pistol or even air soft rifles are considered to be a gun.
2006-08-30 08:44:42 · answer #2 · answered by Robert 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A rifle is a gun just like a gun is a gun. They are all weapons.
2006-08-30 08:45:56 · answer #3 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A gun is an artillery piece that must be moved by jackasses commonly refered to( loosely and in polite company) as artillerymen. If you capable of carrying a gun I'd buy you a beer in a dive I know in Diego.Theres a couple guys there I don't like
2006-08-30 09:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because when I got drafted into the US Army back in 1951, the drill Sargent showed us quickly that "This is my rifle and this is my gun". That was enough for me, at the time. I didn't ask any questions.
2006-08-30 08:54:49 · answer #5 · answered by Slingmisery 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Indoctrination. Different services call their firearms differently, I for example call mine a weapon since I went with the Army. Marines call 'em rifles and so on.
The only reason and time they make you do that is in Basic where they indoctrinate you with your service's traditions and doctrines for one, and another reason is for discipline. You learn to do as you are told.
2006-08-30 09:12:15 · answer #6 · answered by `STaTiC- 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I remember my ex husband having this little saying after he came out of basic training 22 year ago. It went: This is my weapon, this is my gun! This ones for fighting, this ones for fun!
2006-08-31 01:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause a rifle is not a gun it is a rifle and what sabbath just said
2006-08-30 08:44:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
i think its to prevent confusion making it weapon specific, gun for pistol, rifle for a rifle.
2006-08-30 09:10:33 · answer #9 · answered by Rusty Shackleford 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its just the way it is. Just like you spell Marine with a capital M and say "this recruit" in boot camp rather than "I".
2006-08-30 09:57:23 · answer #10 · answered by Curt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋