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In Reply to: The Second Amendment was written by John Adams. posted by ghost of olddude55 on April 16, 2021 at 15:11:15:
True assault weapons - by definition those possessing selective fire capability - were highly regulated in 1934 with the NFA following gang related crime.
For the past eighty years, the ability to purchase a "battlefield" gun has been restricted.
Clinton's misnamed ban from 1994 , however, was entirely based upon cosmetic criteria. Pick two:
Ironically, while Armalite derived guns were included - at least until those cosmetic features were removed - a semi-automatic rifle from Ruger using the same .223 or 7.62x39 round was not included. Why? It wasn't black!
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Follow Ups
- "Assault weapons bans are Constitutional" - E-Stat 04/17/2107:24:51 04/17/21 (10)
- But, per Heller, the Feds could ban assault weapons... - ghost of olddude55 12:26:23 04/17/21 (9)
- Most of the really large mass shootings HAVE used AR-15-style weapons. nt. - MWE 14:46:24 04/17/21 (1)
- RE: Most of the really large mass shootings HAVE used AR-15-style weapons. nt. - rivervalley817 15:51:30 04/17/21 (0)
- RE: But, per Heller, the Feds could ban assault weapons... - rivervalley817 14:00:46 04/17/21 (0)
- They already have! - E-Stat 13:14:44 04/17/21 (5)
- Fully-automatic weapons have been successfully banned... - MWE 14:40:37 04/17/21 (1)
- RE: Fully-automatic weapons have been successfully banned... - E-Stat 14:56:22 04/17/21 (0)
- They don't know what else to do... - ghost of olddude55 13:51:00 04/17/21 (2)
- Empty *solutions* are worthless - E-Stat 14:30:18 04/17/21 (0)
- RE: They don't know what else to do... - rivervalley817 14:17:36 04/17/21 (0)