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In reply to the discussion: NRA Raises $200 Million as Gun Lobby Toasters Burn Logo on Bread [View all]ellisonz
(27,711 posts)52. IMHO I think the gun mania of this country...
...is doing a good enough job of making overkill weapons extremely popular for self-defense.
It did ban further sales though...
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban was only a small part (title XI, subtitle A) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.
The act created a definition of "assault weapons" and subjected firearms that met that definition to regulation. Nineteen models of firearms were defined by name as being "assault weapons". Various semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns were classified as "assault weapons" due to having various combinations of features.
The act addressed only semi-automatic firearms, that is, firearms that fire one shot each time the trigger is pulled. Neither the AWB nor its expiration changed the legal status of fully automatic firearms, which fire more than one round with a single trigger-pull; these have been regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.
The act separately defined and banned "large capacity ammunition feeding devices", which generally applied to magazines or other ammunition feeding devices with capacities of greater than an arbitrary number of rounds and which up to the time of the act had been considered normal or factory magazines. These ammunition feeding devices were referred to in the media and popular culture as "high capacity magazines or feeding devices". Depending on the locality and type of firearm, the cutoff between a "normal" capacity and "high" capacity magazine was 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, or 20 rounds. The now defunct federal ban set the limit at 10 rounds.
During the period in which the AWB was in effect, it was illegal to manufacture any firearm that met the law's definition of an "assault weapon" or "large capacity ammunition feeding device", except for export or for sale to a government or law enforcement agency. Possession of illegally imported or manufactured firearms was outlawed as well, but the law did not ban the possession or sale of pre-existing "assault weapons" or previously factory standard magazines which had been legally redefined as "large capacity ammunition feeding devices". This provision for "pre-ban" firearms created a higher price point in the market for such items, which lasted until the ban's sunset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapons_ban#Provisions_of_the_ban
The act created a definition of "assault weapons" and subjected firearms that met that definition to regulation. Nineteen models of firearms were defined by name as being "assault weapons". Various semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns were classified as "assault weapons" due to having various combinations of features.
The act addressed only semi-automatic firearms, that is, firearms that fire one shot each time the trigger is pulled. Neither the AWB nor its expiration changed the legal status of fully automatic firearms, which fire more than one round with a single trigger-pull; these have been regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986.
The act separately defined and banned "large capacity ammunition feeding devices", which generally applied to magazines or other ammunition feeding devices with capacities of greater than an arbitrary number of rounds and which up to the time of the act had been considered normal or factory magazines. These ammunition feeding devices were referred to in the media and popular culture as "high capacity magazines or feeding devices". Depending on the locality and type of firearm, the cutoff between a "normal" capacity and "high" capacity magazine was 3, 7, 10, 12, 15, or 20 rounds. The now defunct federal ban set the limit at 10 rounds.
During the period in which the AWB was in effect, it was illegal to manufacture any firearm that met the law's definition of an "assault weapon" or "large capacity ammunition feeding device", except for export or for sale to a government or law enforcement agency. Possession of illegally imported or manufactured firearms was outlawed as well, but the law did not ban the possession or sale of pre-existing "assault weapons" or previously factory standard magazines which had been legally redefined as "large capacity ammunition feeding devices". This provision for "pre-ban" firearms created a higher price point in the market for such items, which lasted until the ban's sunset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault_weapons_ban#Provisions_of_the_ban
If it did nothing its opponents wouldn't be rejoicing at its expiration.
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If the intent was to have companies stop manufacturing semi-auto firearms....
PavePusher
Jan 2012
#103
"damn things wouldn't be in production" -- did you forget? Production never stopped.
X_Digger
Dec 2011
#88
Precisely. It's the only issue I can think of where the party is horrifically out of step with
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#9
This one (from your own link) shows a drastic DECLINE in support of more 'control'
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#39
As a Democrat and NRA member I hate the over-the-top language from LaPierre and most of the NRA.
aikoaiko
Dec 2011
#14
Hope that never happens. Guns in public is a regressive cause, no matter how many votes it attracts.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#31
Gun-control must be a "conservative cause." It's worked so well for the Right! nt
SteveW
Dec 2011
#81
Where I'm from, you usually see confederate flag, "insured by S&W," W, and NRA sticker on vehicles.
Hoyt
Dec 2011
#98
We sure are lucky the Colonists didn't have any guns, otherwise we might have our own country
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#37
The NRA is a bunch of right wing idiots. Who will lie to raise money. Hate them.
Logical
Dec 2011
#25
I recently joined, not because I think LaPierre is a good guy, but because I'm interested in protect
Fair Witness
Dec 2011
#34
I think you are supporting a right wing group. Like if you joined pro-life group or
Logical
Dec 2011
#38
I don't think it would work. The NRA would lose too many members if they started....
Logical
Dec 2011
#49