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Originally posted by Strange Famous
The gun lobby say they need hand guns for home defence, rifles to hunt... for what possible purpose does any law abiding person require an "assault weapon"?
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Take a look at
this thread to see what has been defined as an assault weapon. A lot of these weapons are based on cosmetic appearances. There are more powerful weapons that didn't make the list.
Case in point, a Colt AR-15 is on the list, a Ruger Mini 14 is not on the list. Both guns function in the same manner, one trigger pull yields in bullet fired. The are both the same caliber. The biggest difference, aside from cosmetic, is the size of the magazine each can take.
Since these two guns are for the most part identical, it doesn't make sense for one to be on the list because of who made it or for the way it looks.
Four years after the assault weapons ban was inacted, a study found that weapons on the assault weapon ban list were used only about 2 - 4% of the time. This from people who were convicted of the crimes. The number may be a little off as I can't find the article any more, but it was an exreamly small amount. People convicted didn't want to carry a large rifle around with them it would be to easy to spot.