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Originally posted by cj2112
this is the definition of the currently banned "Assault Rifles"....
Specifically, a rifle is considered an "assault weapon" if it can accept a detachable magazine, and possesses two or more of the following features:
Folding or telescopic stock
Pistol grip protruding conspicuously beneath the stock
Bayonet mount
Flash suppressor or threaded barrel
Grenade launcher
so if take my ruger 10/22 (basically a gun used for shooting cans)
put a folding stock on it, and a bayonet lug (/sarcasm a truly dangerous item there, as we all know that people are constantly being murdered w/ bayonets /end sarcasm) on it. I have just taken a sporting rifle and made it an assault weapon, even though all i have changed is the appearance of the gun....it still functions the same. This is the biggest problem with the law.
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Are you contending that a folded rifle (about the size of a grown man's forearm) has the same function as a long stock rifle?
I disagree that they serve the same function. I think that folded stocks allow people to take accurate rifles and more easily conceal them than if they were long stocked.
That said, I understand your desire to shoot a folded stock rifle for fun. Also, you may want to practice in case a war occurs. Older rifles, however, aren't subject to this bill. I've never been approaced by an officer out in the woods, and not at a range. I suspect that the only time you might be bothered over the rifle you just described would be if you were swinging it around in Target. And if you were, I'd certainly want this law on the books to make it illegal for you to do that shit in a supermarket. And I'd want them to arrest you as fast as possible (or maybe Lebell would shoot you with his handgun), before you started letting rounds off.
Put in that light, are you amendable to this bill allowing for you to lawfully use such weapons in a sport or training setting? (that wording is actually a bit loose, but someone would have to fix it up). Essentially illegal in certain areas--like smoking?