AR-News: (US OH) Gun Suit Reform Could Still Be Shot Down

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

The 1994 federal assault weapons ban applied to semi-automatics that fire one 
bullet per pull of the trigger. Rebuilding semi-automatic weapons into 
machine guns is very difficult, as completely different firing mechanisms are used. 
Terms such "military-style" or "assault weapon" describe cosmetic features of 
the gun, not the way the gun fires bullets. 

Ironically, notorious "assault weapons," such as the 223-caliber Bushmaster 
rifle used in the District of Columbia area sniper killings , are not allowed 
in most states for hunting deer or larger animals because it is such a 
low-powered rifle, it will too frequently wound rather than kill the deer. 

The ban arbitrarily outlaws some guns based upon brand name or cosmetic 
features-- such as whether a rifle could have a bayonet mount, a pistol grip, a 
folding stock or a threaded muzzle. Not only could someone buy another not-banned 
semi-automatic gun that fired the same bullets, at the same rapidity and with 
the same damage, but even the banned guns can be sold under a different name 
or after, say, the bayonet mount was removed. 




full story:
http://www.americandaily.com/item/4928
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