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Originally posted by: 43st
Originally posted by: charrison
The assault weapons ban only banned mean looking semi automatic rifles. Functonaly not much different than any hunting rifle.
Full auto weapons always have legislation that controls them that was passed in the 1930s.
So the goal is to get the real assault weapons, from this original ban, back on the streets? That's the party platform in other words? I think they have that in Somalia.
in case you haven't gotten it, the "assault weapons ban" did not ban infantry assault rifles (which are fully automatic and not as accurate as a good hunting rifle might be because they're intended to make the other guy keep his head down while assaulting a position, so they can be lighter and more compact due to a shorter barrel).
it banned regular semi automatic rifles with scary looking features. you could have a lock and barrel with a wooden stock and regular rifle grip and it was legal. if you had the same lock and barrel with a folding stock and a pistol grip, it was banned. same gun for all the important bits, though. that is why the "assault weapons ban" was a retarded law.