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In reply to the discussion: Latest right-wing meme- "No assault rifle used at Sandy Hook" [View all]arely staircase
(12,482 posts)on the clip you have with it (be that at the range, in the woods hunting, or stored in your home.) if you have a weapon and a magazine that will fit it that allows it to fire over such and such rounds per minute it is illegal. if you have that same weapon and only a magazine that allows below so many rounds per minute you are fine. if you have that weapon and 10 loaded magazines of five rounds each that would allow you to crank out the prohibited number of rounds per minute by switching out clips quickly, you are now illegal again. see this way the law focuses on what an assault weapon really is (commonsensically) a weapon that can put out large amounts of ordinance over a sustained period of time - like in a battle or a schoolhouse massacre. who cares what it looks like?