Which is which?

Why would anyone ever do that to a 10/22? It's horrible

Not gonna lie, I just like the look of some weapons over others.

I'm a guy who likes things to look nice, I mean it's the same reason people prefer BMW's to idk hondas?

If I were FORCED to choose between the two, I'd choose the top one, NOT because of all the goodies, but because I like the look of the quad rail & suppressor.

Plus I dislike guns that are styled like the bottom, reminds me of westerns & shit, of which I was never fond of.

I can see that both are 10/22s, but the top one is an "assault weapon" because of it's above 15 round magazine, collapsing stock, grip, and (possibly fake) suppressor. These features make the gun no more dangerous. In fact, the stock and grip add accuracy (making the gun less prone to hitting the wrong target), and the suppressor makes it shootable without earplugs. In the hands of a responsible person, that makes it safer. In the hands of a criminal, it is potentially more lethal. That said, it comes down to the person holding this gun, not the gun itself. The tactical appearance of the top gun adds virtually nothing to its ability to kill, and either gun would be only safe in responsible hands.

under the old assault rifle ban the top 10/22 would be considered an assault weapon (the stock must be fixed and magazine capacity capped at 10) even though that would be incorrect as an assault rifle is a rifle that can fire multiple shots within the same trigger pull

Clearly the first one is an assault weapon, because, going by politician gun control logic, it looks more dangerous.

Neither. Perform an assault or raid a building with 10/22 and find out what happens to you. 2/10 OP. Stop spreading anti gun slander if you don't own and regularly use weapons like this.

Well, I'm clueless. The only guns I really know are the ones from GTA and Perfect Dark.
I highly doubt anyone's going to attack me with a Mauler, Phoenix or Callisto NTG.

Am I the only on that left my 10/22 vanilla? All I added was a scope with see through mounts.

I love my 10/22. I have the magazine with the 3 stock magazines attached to eachother, a holographic site, a red and blackish stock (without the stock) with the grip of a pistol, and a heavy barrel.

My 10/22 is slightly tactical now but the truth about assault rifles is that they are select fire weapons meaning they can either fire semi auto or burst fire and in some cases full auto but the ones we used were burst fire full auto are for special forces anyway a civillian AR-15 isnt an assault rifle its just a semi auto rifle. Also this is a cool experiment you have.

An assault weapon by definition is a weapon made to fire a large volume of rounds, no amount of accessories or attachments make it more or less of an assault weapon.

ruger 10/ 22 i have one and love it

both 22lr semi autos?

i'm English and this is what seems apparent to me. i may be missing something though.

Both? Because you could just as easily assault them anyway...

well, seeing as the first has a suppressor (not legally available to citizens) i'd say it would be the more illegal of the two, but the semi-auto rifle that's beneath it would probably be considered the assault weapon

I'm pretty sure the "assault" in 'assault weapon' refers to the fact that it's got a fire selector.
Now, I'm no expert, but I don't think the bottom one has a fire selector. Ergo: Not an assault weapon.

Not really, it's a .22. I could tell that they were the same rifle by the bolt housing.