Wording on "assault weapon" ban

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Wording on "assault weapon" ban

Posted: 11/13/2001 4:32:40 PM EDT

I was looking into the exact wording of the assault weapons ban, and noticed the wording:

(b) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON- Section 921(a) of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new paragraph:
`(30) The term `semiautomatic assault weapon' means--
`(A) any of the firearms, or copies or duplicates of the
firearms in any caliber, known as--
`(i) Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat
Kalashnikovs (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;
`(vii) Steyr AUG;
`(viii) INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9 and TEC-22; and
`(ix) revolving cylinder shotguns, such as (or similar
to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12;

How is it that AR-15 is named specifically, and "duplicates", but we can still buy them new manufature post ban, ie bushies, olys etc.

It's kinda confusing to me.
usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/laws/majorlaw/h3355_en.htm

Posted: 11/13/2001 4:40:00 PM EDT

[#1]

Because they don't have all the "EVIL" features of the preban AR15...

Posted: 11/13/2001 6:09:31 PM EDT

[#2]

You can buy them because the "copies of" was overturned, and no current AR15 "clones" have "Colt AR15" stamped on them anywhere.

-Troy

Posted: 11/13/2001 6:13:40 PM EDT

[#3]

I thought it was only for imported guns and US guns with certain evil features.

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Wording on "assault weapon" ban

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