Who here knows what an assault weapon actually is?

[DrenDran]

Hint: none of the poll options are correct

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 defined certain firearms as assault weapons based on the features they possessed. This included semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine and at least two of these features: a pistol grip, a folding or telescoping stock, a flash suppressor or threaded barrel, a bayonet mount, or a muzzle-mounted grenade launcher. It included semi-automatic pistols with a detachable magazine and at least two of these features: a magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip, a threaded barrel, a barrel shroud, or an unloaded weight of 50 ounces or more. Additionally defined as assault weapons were semi-automatic shotguns with a rotating cylinder, or with at least two of these features: a pistol grip, a folding or telescoping stock, a detachable magazine, or a fixed magazine that can hold more than five rounds.

(state level definitions may differ)

Basically for handguns:

• Threaded barrel
• Barrel shroud
• unloaded weight > 50 oz
• detachable magazine

Rifles:

• detachable magazine
• pistol grip
• folding stock
• flash suppressor
• threaded barrel
• bayonet mount

Much like say, the term 'vegetable', the term 'assault weapon' is a word which is defined arbitrarily by the government. Unfortunately people with little firearms knowledge who hear others supporting an "assault weapons" ban don't even understand what an assault weapon is. I think its worth pondering how exactly banning guns because they have say, a pistol grip, is really going to save that many lives.

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[Blockzillahead]

m4a1 am i smart yet?

[Bisjac]

its not a real term. it was a phony news phrase for anything that looked similar to an automatic weapon.

but automatic weapons have been banned in the us for quite a long time.
there hasn't even been more then like 2 random shootings EVER in our history where criminals have used em.
short of gangsters from the 30s lol

[DrenDran]

its not a real term. it was a phony news phrase for anything that looked similar to an automatic weapon.

but automatic weapons have been banned in the us for quite a long time.
there hasn't even been more then like 2 random shootings EVER in our history where criminals have used em.
short of gangsters from the 30s lol

In 1995 there were over 240,000 machine guns registered with the ATF. (Zawitz, Marianne,Bureau of Justice Statistics, Guns Used in Crime [PDF].) About half are owned by civilians and the other half by police departments and other governmental agencies (Gary Kleck, Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control, Walter de Gruyter, Inc., New York, 1997.)

Since 1934, there appear to have been at least two homicides committed with legally owned automatic weapons. One was a murder committed by a law enforcement officer (as opposed to a civilian). On September 15th, 1988, a 13-year veteran of the Dayton, Ohio police department, Patrolman Roger Waller, then 32, used his fully automatic MAC-11 .380 caliber submachine gun to kill a police informant, 52-year-old Lawrence Hileman. Patrolman Waller pleaded guilty in 1990, and he and an accomplice were sentenced to 18 years in prison. The 1986 'ban' on sales of new machine guns does not apply to purchases by law enforcement or government agencies.

There are 250,000 account for automatic weapons in the United States.
Half of these (125,000) are owned by civilians.
There have been 2 crimes committed with automatic weapons in the last 80 years.

Not saying we should legalize automatic weapons, but this is worth knowing.

[Isjix]

short of gangsters from the 30s lol

 

[Tayasaurus]

Guess you didn't find this fitting for the firearms thread already going on?

[DrenDran]

Guess you didn't find this fitting for the firearms thread already going on?

Eh, it kinda went to stuff.
Also, I wanted to make a poll.




It's kinda a big deal that there's a 13 page discussion with at least a dozen participants and they all have no idea what they're talking about.

[Mariofan1701]

metal bat

[Doughboy]

something used for assault

[XR-7]

Are you stupid or what, Dren? Clearly this:



Just kidding 

[hodot]

it's a rooty tooty point-n-shooty

[Gumba Jonny]

i feel like one of the purposes of the term is so that people confuse anything labeled as an assault weapon with an actual assault rifle
one of the definitions of an assault weapon is "miltary-style", so just the looks could label a firearm as an assault weapon just because it has some sort of intimidation factor
that's why the AR15 was a big target in the media i think; they also probably tried to blur the line between  civilian AR15 models and the M16 family used in service lol

[DrenDran]

does poll results
all dose wrong awnsers

[the hacker]

An assault weapon would be a weapon designed with the sole purpose of hurting a person. For example, a police/military grade AR-15 would be an assault weapon, but an AR-15 designed for hunting wouldn't. And since the title isn't specific, this wouldn't just apply to guns. Combat knives would be classified as assault, but a kitchen knife wouldn't.

I personally couldn't give two stuffs about what an assault weapon is politically. All forms of government can go to hell.

[Gumba Jonny]

does poll results
all dose wrong awnsers

was the second one the actual right answer