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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
So my point was that it's the short barrel, huge ammunition capacity, and to some extent the light weight collapsible stock (or pistol grip) that makes it an assault weapon, and thus different than a typical hunting rifle, and your response is to show me a rifle which has a short barrel, and a huge capacity, can be fitted with a collapasable stock, or pistol grip, (which if you did would classify it as an assault weapon under the previous ban), and has been used by multiple police/swat/militaries.
Maybe that one above isn't exactly an "Assault Weapon", but it's darn close, and with a little effort, it can be just as easy to use in that manner as an AR.
So yeah, great example there Mikey.
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My point is that there is a pretty broad definition of what an assault rifle is. I would also wager that your average ignorant gun grabber would say that the AR-15 should be banned simply because it looks meaner than the wood stocked Ruger Mini-14 pictured above, not knowing that they operate the same way.
Anyways, here is some more hypocrisy from the US government.
http://www.examiner.com/article/dhs-...assault-rifles
"It's a bid by DHS to purchase 7000 select fire (read: automatic) AR-15 rifles. If you look at the specifications, the government is requiring them to be select fire meaning there's 3 options not 2 like on normal AR-15's you buy in the store. These have safe, semi, and auto options. They also must take 20 and 30 rounds magazines, have rails to put accessories, and a fixed pistol grip and durable vertical grip. The latter to are both deemed 'military features'.
"DHS and its components have a requirement for a 5.56x45mm NATO, select-fire firearm
suitable for personal defense use in close quarters and / or when maximum concealment is required.""
So here you have a domestic agency (DHS)...buying 7 thousand true assault rifles with full automatic capablility.