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In reply to the discussion: what is an assault weapon? [View all]Straw Man
(6,644 posts)67. Wrong out of the gate.
Last edited Tue Sep 11, 2012, 12:14 AM - Edit history (1)
The Act addressed only semi-automatic firearms, that is, firearms that fire one shot each time the trigger is pulled.
I don't know whose definition of semi-automatic that is, but it's a faulty one. In those terms, this is a semi-automatic firearm:
That definition might serve to distinguish semi-auto from full-auto, but as written it would also include single-shots and manual-action repeaters: pumps, levers, and bolts. You could clear up that confusion by adding something about not needing any manual manipulation to chamber subsequent rounds, but the double-action revolver would still qualify.
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I thought there were three great speeches made during the Democratic convention and ...
spin
Sep 2012
#19
I'm glad you chose those particular handguns as examples - The original California AWB banned them.
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#5
They're not scary like the TEC-9 because it has one of those shoulder things that go up
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#15
It's just another "Sugarman Sugarism". We should ban Sugarist words from the RKBA group. nt
rDigital
Sep 2012
#13
It's pretty much whatever they say it is and that means it's pretty much everything
trouble.smith
Sep 2012
#23
The term was created by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.
SecularMotion
Sep 2012
#37
*A* definition was created in 1993. Another was created in 1989. Another was created in 1994 by MD..
X_Digger
Sep 2012
#45
That's a legal definition, and thus not necessarily applicable for practical purposes
Euromutt
Sep 2012
#63
It's the definition from the Assault Weapon Ban that was in effect from 1994 to 2004
SecularMotion
Sep 2012
#64