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In reply to the discussion: The loophole in the Mass. assault weapons ban [View all]jmg257
(11,996 posts)20. Basically the '94 ban...
''Assault weapon'', shall have the same meaning as a semiautomatic assault weapon as defined in the federal Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, 18 U.S.C. section 921(a)(30) as appearing in such section on September 13, 1994, and shall include, but not be limited to, any of the weapons, or copies or duplicates of the weapons, of any caliber, known as (i) Avtomat Kalashnikov (AK) (all models); (ii) Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil; (iii) Beretta Ar70 (SC?70); (iv) Colt AR?15; (v) Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN/LAR and FNC; (vi) SWD M?10, M?11, M?11/9 and M?12; (vi) Steyr AUG; (vii) INTRATEC TEC?9, TEC?DC9 and TEC?22; and (viii) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as, or similar to, the Street Sweeper and Striker 12; provided, however, that the term assault weapon shall not include...
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Their laws might be idiotic and have holes in them, but their AG is great for trying to fix them!
scscholar
Jul 2016
#26
er, what you just said is the exact opposite of what the AG said. Try to keep up.
Schema Thing
Jul 2016
#8
The piece was written by the AG and published through the Globe (and elsewhere, I presume).
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#11
Yup, the 1994 Federal AWB did *not* ban AR and AK variants that passed the features test.
benEzra
Jul 2016
#28
It is a shame that 'knowing what one is doing" isn't a political criteria
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jul 2016
#38
I don't know why but discussions of legal concepts always fascinates me.
Nuclear Unicorn
Jul 2016
#14
I'm grateful that that is so and quite sorry so few pro-control folks share your fascination
discntnt_irny_srcsm
Jul 2016
#18
I know after reading NY's 1st ban way back when, I was quite surprised so many "copies"
jmg257
Jul 2016
#23