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In reply to the discussion: what is an assault weapon? [View all]ileus
(15,396 posts)27. Don't be afraid of DI's they're just fine.
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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