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I, too, get tired of the term "tactical". I think there is a tendency to try to use inoffensive or obfuscatory euphemisms to avoid spooking the rabbit people. Calling a weapon "defensive" conjures up images of it being used in self-defense...this is unsettling to those who have neither the means or the will to defend themselves. Using the term "combat" as a modifier is probably more upsetting as many timid souls hold that "combat" is exclusively the prerogative of the state. We hold "practical" shooting contests because to call it "gunfighting" would cause the grass-eaters to swoon.
One term that amuses me is the "police rifle" (as in Remington 700 "police" or Ruger "police" carbines). I'm often tempted to remark that I have a "deer rifle" and I have a "varmint rifle", but that I haven't yet thought it necessary to acquire a "police rifle".
The language will continue to be twisted and garbled; one may as well decide to be amused by it rather than annoyed.
Rosco
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