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Originally Posted by Sarah_W
What is an assault weapon?
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It IS very true that an assault weapon is very hard to define. The semi-automatic aspect of a rifle is the contributing factor to the SPEED of shooting that is desired by both Military forces and mass murderers that shoot up crowds. The US could take away the rifles of preference in mass murder events by stopping the sales of the AR-15 style and the Russian-developed AK-47s and their later improvements. Also, silencers, magazines over 5 rounds and bump-stop accessories could and SHOULD be outlawed.
Australia and other countries refused to split hairs and pick and choose which semi-auto rifles were a particular choice weapon of mass murderers. They simply eliminated ALL semi-auto rifles and allowed only bolt-action rifles to be lawful.
I remember watching on TV as Australia placed truckloads of semi-auto rifles into trash compactors. I don't know whether this was confiscation or buy-backs. But, I do know that after that Australia's mass murder events went to nearly ZERO.