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Click here to learn more. Search for:. Assault Weapons. It also defined the term by specific characteristics, such as the ability to accept a detachable magazine and by certain cosmetic features.
Even so, the ban also excluded semi-automatic rifles that couldn't accept a detachable magazine holding more than five rounds of ammunition as well as around guns that were considered primarily used in hunting and recreational sports, including Browning, Remington and Berettas.
After the deadly Newtown shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, there was a attempt to pass another assault weapons ban by Democrats but it failed. The gun legislation would have banned nearly specific firearms and further defined what constituted a "semi-automatic assault weapon. Skip Navigation. Key Points. Exactly what constitutes a so-called "assault weapon" is a highly contentious issue and something that riles up some gun advocates.
Some gun control backers pushing for an assault weapons ban include the ARstyle rifle used in recent mass shootings. Civilian semiautomatic assault weapons incorporate all of the functional design features that make assault weapons so deadly.
The distinctive "look" of assault weapons is not cosmetic. It is the visual result of specific functional design decisions. Civilian assault weapons keep the specific functional design features that make this deadly spray-firing easy. These functional features also distinguish assault weapons from traditional sporting guns. The most significant assault weapon functional design features are: 1 ability to accept a high-capacity ammunition magazine, 2 a rear pistol or thumb-hole grip, and, 3 a forward grip or barrel shroud.
Currently the major difference is that military rifles are capable of firing multiple rounds per trigger pull either burst or automatic fire and civilian models are not. An actual military M4 has a slightly shorter barrel than a civilian carbine.
Everything else is cosmetic or ergonomic. Both the military and civilan versions shoot the same ammunition, as well as many traditional styled hunting rifles. Many consider this ammunition to be drastically less powerful than a traditional deer hunting rifle. There is a lot of quibbling over the title "assault weapon" because it was a term invented by the gun control advocates to make for a scary sound bite.
It has no technical definition in a field where everything has a technical definition. The gun-rights side invented the term "modern sporting rifle," which while being an overly broad, made-up term, it does have the advantage of being accurate in that are used for several types of target shooting and hunting.
I could just as easily say that most people have a kitchen drawer full of "rape knives" the very same type of knives used in a large number of rapes! More Police1 Articles. Get More Information. More Firearms News. More Product Listings. More Product news. More Firearms Videos. Make Police1 your homepage.
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