What are the post ban reg.'s.

Michael Baquet

February 24, 2002 16:20

what are the 5 things that make a gun an assault rifle. I understand that you are allowed to have only 3 of the 5 to be legal.

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  boeboe

  February 24, 2002 17:12

  Actually, you cannot have two or more of the evil features on a semi-automatic rifle that has the ability to accept detatchable magazines. I've copied and pasted the definition of all types of assault weapons below, includes rifles, pistols, and shotguns. You will be particularly interested in (B)(30) The term ''semiautomatic assault weapon'' means -(A) any of the firearms, or copies or duplicates of thefirearms in any caliber, known as -(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies AvtomatKalashnikovs (all models);(ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil;(iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC-70);(iv) Colt AR-15;(v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR, and FNC;(vi) SWD M-10, M-11, M-11/9, and M-12;(vii) Steyr AUG;(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and(ix) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar to) theStreet Sweeper and Striker 12;(B) a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to accept adetachable magazine and has at least 2 of -(i) a folding or telescoping stock;(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath theaction of the weapon;(iii) a bayonet mount;(iv) a flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed toaccommodate a flash suppressor; and(v) a grenade launcher;(C) a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept adetachable magazine and has at least 2 of -(i) an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistoloutside of the pistol grip;(ii) a threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrelextender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer;(iii) a shroud that is attached to, or partially orcompletely encircles, the barrel and that permits the shooterto hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without beingburned;(iv) a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more when thepistol is unloaded; and(v) a semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm; and(D) a semiautomatic shotgun that has at least 2 of -(i) a folding or telescoping stock;(ii) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath theaction of the weapon;(iii) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds; and(iv) an ability to accept a detachable magazine.

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