I have a friend who is a former Green Beret and a fully-licensed gun collector. He explained to us at dinner at his house while showing off his collection that the idea of an assault rifle is not accuracy or economy, but to get the enemy to keep his head down and destroy his ability to resist. In short, it's a terror weapon. Dick Marcinko makes a similar point in several of his books -- shoot off a lot of rounds quickly and take advantage of the noise and surprise. None of the military snipers use assault weapons -- they are totally useless for that purpose. Hunters scoff at them also --my brother-in-law, the best hunter in the family once told me "If you haven't hit it by the second shot, you're not going to see it anymore this year".
Meanwhile the tubby camo Rambos swagger around with a compensator on a sling.
