I am new to assault type weapons. I am starting to read on other forums that the ATF could be going after so called assault weapons next using this.
Is this true?
Is there any True information about this?
Does this only pertain to one or a few States?
Quote:
§53.31 Assault Weapons, Nuisance, Temporary Custody
(a) The term “assault weapon,” as used in this Section, shall include:
(1) Any semiautomatic action, center fire rifle or carbine which accepts a
detachable magazine with a capacity of twenty (20) rounds or more,
with a barrel of more than sixteen (16) inches, including but not
limited to the following firearms or their copies: AR 15 semiautomatic
assault rifles, Uzi semiautomatic assault rifles or carbines, Ingram
Mac–10 semiautomatic assault carbines, Ingram Mac–11
semiautomatic assault carbines, Heckler and Koch 93 semiautomatic
assault rifles, Heckler and Koch 91 semiautomatic assault rifles, AK–
47 semiautomatic assault rifles, AKM–47 semiautomatic assault rifles,
all Avtomat Kalashnikov weapons, M1–A semiautomatic assault
rifles, M–14 semiautomatic assault rifles, Thompson semiautomatic
carbines and any other semiautomatic carbines manufactured by Auto
Ordnance;
(2) Any shotgun with a barrel of more than eighteen (18) inches and a
folding stock or magazine capacity of more than six (6) rounds;
(3) Any weapon which may be readily restored to an operable assault
weapon, as defined in paragraphs 1 and 2 above; and
(4) Any part, or combination of parts, designed or intended to convert a
weapon into an assault weapon, as defined above in paragraphs 1 and
2, or any combination of parts from which an assault weapon may be
readily assembled, if those parts are in the possession or under the
control of the same person.
(b) As used in this Section, the term “semiautomatic” means a weapon which
fires a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger and which employs a
magazine.