Reply #34: What new technology?

[benEzra]

The 30's law should do it, but it seems a new class of weapons needed to be made to accomodate new technology I would think . Hell, a baseball bat is a killing weapon , but it has limitations compared to a 50 shot clip in an automatic weapon .

Not sure what "new technology" you're thinking of here. Box-magazine-fed self-loaders go back to the 1890's or so. And over-10-round rifle magazines go back to the 1860's. Not much differentiates a 2005 Ruger mini-14 from, say, a 1940 M1 carbine, except the mini is much more rust resistant...

BTW, all automatic weapons fall under the National Firearms Act of '34. The "assault weapons ban" didn't restrict any automatic weapons. (That's not what you meant, is it?)