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Prior to 1989, the term "assault weapon" did not - exist. in the lexicon of firearms.

Posted: Oct 4th, 2017 - 2:09 pm In Reply to: No brainer: Mass shootings in Australia in the two decades prior to the ban - 18 - mass shootings since the ban - 0

Prior to 1989, the term "assault weapon" did not exist in the lexicon of firearms. It is a political term developed by anti-gunners.

A semi-automatic means it fires one round each time the trigger is pulled. Doesn't sound so scary now, does it. That's exactly how a shotgun functions.

What's the difference? Perception.

In a 1988 report by the Violence Policy Center, they state that "the weapon's menacing looks , coupled with the public's confusion over fully automatic machine guns vs. semi-automatic assault weapons, anything that looks like a machine gun is assumed to be a machine gun which will increase the chance of public support for restrictions on these weapons."

In 1993 the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) was introduced in Congress which would ban the sale of new assault weapons to U.S. civilians. Since "assault weapon" was a made-up term, it didn't have a definition. Legislators had to come up with one. Since assault rifles were already banned, and a ban on all semi-automatic firearms wasn't realistic, the AWB defined assault weapons as "semi-automatic firearms that share too many cosmetic features with their fully automatic counterparts".

These features didn't make the firearms more lethal, and the guns that the AWB would ban were used in 2% of gun crimes according to the Dept. of Justice. Many Americans believed this bill would ban machine guns, which have actually been banned for many years.

AMERICA WAKE UP - STOP LETTING THE MARXISTS REDEFINE OUR LANGUAGE.



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