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Originally posted by Lebell
PEOPLE!!!
We need to be clear what we are talking about.
AUTOMATIC Weapons (guns that you pull the trigger and the gun keeps firing until you release the trigger or you run out of bullets) are regulated by the National Firearms Act of 1934.
Automatic weapons ARE NOT BANNED. It is merely VERY HARD to get them, since you have to pass an FBI background check and spend a lot of money.
As such, VERY few crimes involve ANY automatic weapons, LEGAL or ILLEGAL. (I believe on the order of 1-5 since 1934.)
Now, I believe that people are confusing the ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN of 1994 with automatic weapons. They are NOT the same.
This Ban deals with SEMI-AUTOMATIC rifles that look like select fire military rifles, but in reality are functionally NO DIFFERENT from semi-automatic hunting rifles.
So in otherwords, people chiming in to ban automatic weapons from private ownership are people with a solution in search of a problem.
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