Saturday, March 24, 2007

HR 1022 - The Assault Weapons Ban - Doesn't Ban Assault Weapons

Just an FYI to anyone thinking that HR 1022 will only ban "bad" guns.

Semi-automatic rifles, including commercial versions of the AR-15, and "automatic" rifles limited to firing single shots are not assault rifles as they are not selective fire.

For that matter, belt-fed weapons or rifles with very limited capacity fixed magazines are also generally not assault rifles.

Now, what are they out to ban. Oh, yeah, assault weapons. Only they've changed the definition to include whatever you own.