OT: Political/informative -- assult rifle Re: Re:

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Gun -- large caliber artillery ie. indirect fire

Assult rifle -- Military firearm designed for automatic fire (burst or 
fully auto) generally shoulder fired (ex. M-16, AK-47)

"Assualt weapon as defined by US congress" Scary looking firearm that 
looks like an assult weapon. It is neither capable of or easily modified 
to fire more that one bullet per trigger pull. It uses the same 
ammunition that many "allowed" weapons use.

Case in point: 30-06 ammunition is used in a wide variety firearms. 
everything from bolt action hunting rifles to the M60-machinegun.

Example.
.223 ammo used in in the M-16 (assault rifle) that is capable of firing 
fully automatic or burst mode (3-5 bullets per trigger pull) can also be 
used in the Bushmaster which resembles the M-16 cosmetically and 
functionally except it is not capable of fully automatic or burst mode.

The law:
Since ~1934 all fully automatic weapons sold,made,or traded in the USA 
require a class III Federal Firearms License. The last known case ( that I 
know of) of homicide with a fully automatic weapon was a Florida Sheriff's 
Deputy using department weapon to kill his wife/girlfriend. <caveat I 
havent debated this in a while this data may be old or it may be a legally 
owned Fully auto weapon>

Technically difficult for manufacture:

It is not technically challenging to build a fully automatic weapon:

For example:
The STEN gun was a British submachine gun from World War II, notable for 
it simple design and low cost of production, being made from only 47 
different parts. It was even cheaper and more spartan than the German 
MP38/MP40, the previous benchmark in the field of mass-produced infantry 
weapons. The simplest version of the STEN gun, the Mark III, required only 
five man-hours to produce.

Any competent machinist can make one in no time..

Now tactical nuclear weapons.... thats a different story.



On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Larry Fry wrote:

> Popular misconception.
> Assualt rifles have been illegal for private ownership in the US since the
> '30's.
> Larry
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> What, are you worried now? Guns, but no assault rifles.
> Cathy
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