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Originally Posted by MakingItPay
private citizens can not legally own a fully automatic weapon.
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In many states it is perfectly legal to own a fully automatic weapon, a short barrel rifle, a silencer, or a short barrel shotgun. There is some paperwork involved and a $200 tax, but perfectly legal.
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Originally Posted by PornoMonster
what is an Assault weapon?? You Do mean Full Auto right???
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An assault weapon is not classified as an assault rifle. The term assault rifle confuses the fuck out of everyone is used incorrectly by the media.
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In United States politics and law, an assault weapon is a variety of semi-automatic firearms that have certain features generally associated with military firearms, including assault rifles. The 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired on September 13, 2004, codified the definition of an assault weapon. It defined the rifle type of assault weapon as a semiautomatic firearm with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and two or more of the following:
a folding or telescoping stock
a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon
a bayonet mount
a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor
a grenade launcher
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Assault Weapon = semi automatic rifle with a detachable magazine, plus two of the features listed above.
The US Army defines assault rifles as "short, compact, selective-fire weapons that fire a cartridge intermediate in power between submachinegun and rifle cartridges."
I cant remember any of the public shooting in the past 10 years or so where anyone used a fully automatic rifle or machine gun. Actually I cant remember any in my lifetime. But the media uses the term assault rifle incorrectly to promote sensationalism and fear, because most people are too ignorant to know otherwise, and you can see that it works just from reading a lot of the posts in the thread.