Reply #200: All such weapons are ALREADY tightly controlled. [View All]

[benEzra]

I am not sure but perhaps a better definition for assault weapon would be a weapon that can fire in either full auto or semi auto modes. Like an AR or AK-47 or Uzi.

All such weapons are ALREADY tightly controlled in the United States, and possession of one outside of police/military/government duty without Federal authorization (BATFE Form 4) is a 10-year Federal felony. Any gun capable of firing, or being easily modified to fire, more than one shot when the trigger is pulled is classified as a "machinegun" under Federal law and is restricted under the same laws that restrict 105mm howitzers, 500-lb bombs, hand grenades, and shoulder-fired missiles.

An AR-15 is semiauto only, just like an ordinary .22 squirrel rifle or a pistol. Ditto for civilian AK lookalikes (I know, I own one), which are identical in every way to a Ruger Mini Thirty deer rifle.