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In reply to the discussion: So for the anti-gunners, what is wrong with Bill Clinton's analysis? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)12. assault rifles have been tightly regulated and registered since the 1930s
because they are automatic weapons, machine guns.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_rifle
What you are thinking of is a political term
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapon
It was coined by Josh Sugermann to confuse a semi automatic rifle that looks ugly, but functionally no different than the same gun with a wooden stock, with a military grade full auto.
"Assault weaponsjust like armor-piercing bullets, machine guns, and plastic firearmsare a new topic. The weapons' menacing looks, coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns versus semi-automatic assault weaponsanything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine guncan only increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons. In addition, few people can envision a practical use for these weapons."
-Josh Sugarmann, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, 1988
-Josh Sugarmann, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, 1988
BTW, what is a high capacity magazine? I would define it as an after market magazine that held more than that gun was designed for. In other words, it would vary with the gun.
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So for the anti-gunners, what is wrong with Bill Clinton's analysis? [View all]
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2012
OP
Who needs Congress? Executive order and some good judges can do what's necessary.
Loudly
Sep 2012
#1
so how would you vote? . . . who would you send your $$$ to? . . . who would you make calls for?
DrDan
Sep 2012
#3
I am trying to understand but, I am sorry - I do not see the nasty tone in that post
Tuesday Afternoon
Sep 2012
#17
If by "nasty tone" you mean truth and uncomfortable facts, then yeah, maybe so.
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#28
The "regulation" you refer to is related to the militia, not the people when outside the militia.
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#52
Collapsible stocks? They only shorten the weapon by 4.72 inches on an M4 type rifle. That's not
rDigital
Sep 2012
#27
The Batman shooter used an M&P-15 (AR-15), a Remington 870 shotgun and a Glock 22. No AK in sight.
rDigital
Sep 2012
#37
A fixed flash-suppresor counts as part of the barrel length. (welded or pinned)
PavePusher
Sep 2012
#39
it is the Democratic Party, has been since Jefferson's Democratic-Republicans
gejohnston
Sep 2012
#18