A $100 billion, one-time program aimed at buying back 200 million firearms at $500 a pop.

[krispos42]

101. *sigh*

Definition of "assault weapon" (general definition; being arbitrary, there is no fixed definition)

A semiautomatic rifle, shotgun, or pistol, fed from a detachable magazine, with a protruding pistol grip, and that has more than an allowable number of secondary characteristics such as folding buttstocks, bayonet lugs, etc.



Definition of "assault rifle":

A rifle that shoots a cartridge more powerful than a submachine gun but less powerful than a battle rifle, and that is capable of firing more than one shot per trigger pull. Generally speaking, the rifle has an effective range of up to 300 meter, and shoots a cartridge that develops between 1,200 and 1,600 foot-pounds of energy. It is intended to replace both the submachine gun and the battle rifle.





A shotgun or pistol can be an "assault weapon" as easily as a rifle, by the definition of "assault weapon". Common (mis)perception is that an "assault weapon" is an AK-47-type or AR-15-type rifle. The fact that this is confusing is what makes the discussion so difficult to work through.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_Weapons_Ban#Criteria_of_an_assault_weapon