Used a gun
similar to those used in recent mass shootings.
He killed FIVE police officers.
How many of these weapons wouldn't be in circulation if the assault weapons ban hadn't been allowed to expire twenty years ago?
Reagan's rolling in his grave.
Just in case no one has educated you on what is an isn't an assault rifle and why the shooter would have still been able to get one these alleged assault weapons I will educate you.
He still would have been able to get an AR-15 even if the Brady assault weapons ban was still in place. The Brady assault weapons ban only banned the firearm by name only and certain cosmetic features.Because under the Brady assault weapons ban this is not an assault weapon if was called by another another name and since it does not have a flash suppressor, bayonet lug or a collapsible buttstock.
This is a Norinco Mac 90 sporter.Also not an assault weapon under the Brady assault weapons ban.Because it is not called an AK-47, it does not have a pistol grip, bayonet mount/lug, nor is the end of the barrel threaded to accept a flash suppressor or bayonet mount/lug.
By the way the Brady Assault weapons ban didn't do anything for civilian firearms already deemed assault weapons that were already in circulation and it expired in 2004, meaning it expired 12 years ago, not 20 years ago.
What determines what is and isn't assault under the Brady assault weapons ban is the two or more features test.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban
Under the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 the definition of "semiautomatic assault weapon" included specific semi-automatic firearm models by name, and other semi-automatic firearms that possessed two or more from a set certain features:[SUP]
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Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and
two or more of the following:
Semi-automatic pistols with detachable magazines and
two or more of the following:
- Magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip
- Threaded barrel to attach barrel extender, flash suppressor, handgrip, or suppressor
- Barrel shroud safety feature that prevents burns to the operator
- Unloaded weight of 50 oz (1.4 kg) or more
- A semi-automatic version of a fully automatic firearm.
Semi-automatic shotguns with
two or more of the following:
- Folding or telescoping stock
- Pistol grip
- Detachable magazine.
If you don't have a subscription to this liberal documentary there is a link to the transcript.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/what-assault-weapons-ban/
http://www.hoboes.com/pub/Firearms/Books and News/What Assault Weapons Ban?/
Feinstein: It also, in its physical features test, is
aimed at copycats, and one of the things that we found
was if you just_ban_19 specific weapons, suddenly
the_name_changes, and instead of an AK-47 you have a
Mitchell this, or a Norinco that. And to a great extent
we get at this.
Stahl [voiceover, footage of Norinco MAK-90 rifle]:
But once agian, the ban has backfired. Five months after
it took effect, the copycats are_already_out. [cut to
photo graphics] This is the TEC-22, banned by the
assault weapons bill. This is the new Sport 22 from the
same manufacturer. The only difference? The new gun has
no threads on the barrel. [return to footage of the MAK-
90] The ban_specifically_outlaws the AK-47, but it
doesn't do anything about the_M_AK-90.
Stahl [interviewing unidentified dealer at Miami gun
show about the MAK-90]: Isn't this exactly the same gun
as the AK-47?
Dealer: It's very similar.
Stahl: What's different? Can you show me?
Dealer: It's got a thumbhole stock, which is
necessary for importation, and it does not have a
bayonet.
