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QuoteA: While there are no exact numbers of assault weapon incidents, police across America in the 1980s reported that semi-automatic assault weapons had become the "weapon of choice" for drug traffickers, gangs and paramilitary extremist groups.
There are exact numbers, they just don't want to post that the firearms covered in the AWB are used in 2% of firearms crimes.
Also, I hate to be the one to break it to them, but smugglers, gangs, etc, use FULL-AUTOMATIC firearms. Those are machine guns. The AWB covers only SEMI-automatic firearms, or one sqeeze one shot.
QuoteIn 1997, after a North Hollywood, CA shootout in which police were outgunned by two men with assault weapons
The criminals in the bank shootout were using FULL-AUTOMATIC firearms. AK-47 knock offs. The firearms covered under the AWB are SEMI-automatic AK look-alikes.
QuoteAn AK-47 fires a military round. In a conventional home with dry-wall walls, I wouldn't be surprised if it went through six of them.
The AK-47 fires a 7.62mm round, approximately .30 caliber. The .30-06, one of the most popular deer hunting cartridges in the US, is far more powerful. The US military uses a .223 caliber round. It has far less power than most hunting rounds. They shouldn't portray "military rounds" as being more powerful that ordinary cartridges. Also, I highly doubt an AK round would go through 12 layers of spaced out sheetrock [that's six walls, assuming it missed the studs].
QuotePolice are armed with weapons that are effective with criminals in line of sight. They don't want and don't need weapons that would harm innocent bystanders
Their issued sidearm would harm innocent bystanders, if used improperly. A rifle or shotgun is no different.
Quoteall your examples
they don't list whether the firearms used had bayonet lugs, flash suppressors, or collapsible stocks. If they did, they were outlawed under the AWB. If they didn't carry those cosmetic features, they were not banned. A rifle with the exact same action is now available without those features, and it is no more lethal than any other semi-automatic firearm.
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