Define an "assault weapon"

[Neptunus Rex]

One that keeps firing when the trigger is held until ammo runs out?

One that has a magazine?

One that holds more than a single round?

One that looks like a "military" style weapon?

[Armistead]

Last definition that Clinton signed.

Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:

• Folding or telescoping stock
• Pistol grip
• Bayonet mount
• Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
• Grenade launcher (more precisely, a muzzle device that enables launching or firing rifle grenades, though this applies only to muzzle mounted grenade launchers and not those mounted externally).

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 that can be used as a hand-hold
• 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
• Fixed capacity of more than 5 rounds
• Detachable magazine.

Notice this list excludes most of the guns people today are referring to as assault weapons.

[soopaman2]

Something a patriot would use.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Last definition that Clinton signed.

Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:

• Folding or telescoping stock
• Pistol grip
• Bayonet mount
• Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
• Grenade launcher (more precisely, a muzzle device that enables launching or firing rifle grenades, though this applies only to muzzle mounted grenade launchers and not those mounted externally).

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 that can be used as a hand-hold
• 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
• Fixed capacity of more than 5 rounds
• Detachable magazine.

Notice this list excludes most of the guns people today are referring to as assault weapons.

Honestly, I think that this list covers it all. Most people who define Assault weaponry as Assault rifles miss out things like Uzis and machine pistols which are probably the iconic modern gang weaponry. Although to be fair, a ban on them would hardly affect gang warfare.

[gimpy117]

Originally Posted by Armistead

Last definition that Clinton signed.

Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:

• Folding or telescoping stock
• Pistol grip
• Bayonet mount
• Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
• Grenade launcher (more precisely, a muzzle device that enables launching or firing rifle grenades, though this applies only to muzzle mounted grenade launchers and not those mounted externally).

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 that can be used as a hand-hold
• 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
• Fixed capacity of more than 5 rounds
• Detachable magazine.

Notice this list excludes most of the guns people today are referring to as assault weapons.

agree, although I think telescoping stocks should be exempt, as long as a minimum size folded is kept, so it can be adjustable

also, I think there should be a law that compensators be reverse threaded and flash suppressors and sliencers be standard thread, or vice versa. while one serves a purpouse for accuracy (the compensator) the others are more about clandestine killing rather than target shooting. I for one, would want a pistol that could have an attached compensator for sport shooting purposes but have no need for flash hiders

[August]

Bayonet mounts. Now there's an imminent danger to the public, bayonet charges. Why not just say "if it looks black and scary it's an AW"?

[TarJak]

Originally Posted by August

Bayonet mounts. Now there's an imminent danger to the public, bayonet charges. Why not just say "if it looks black and scary it's an AW"?

All clear people it's got a Hello Kitty sticker on it.

so go ahead and say you want to ban something while you are trashing the constitution and the priciples of this great country and see what happens

Errrrrr...what exactly have I said I want to ban and what constitution and principles have been trashed?
Are you back on the booze again as you seem to be even more confused than usual?

3 million votes in the popular vote is hardly a landslide

Is this the same yubba that claimed the popular vote was lost by your current president?

Well the gun shop sold out all it's semi auto loader military look a likes but he has plenty of pistols and shotguns

So that crazy rash of handgun purchases with people queing round the block you were on about for many months didn't deplete the stocks of pistols, I bet they feel silly waiting all that time in the queue when they could have just walked in when it was quiet.

[CCIP]

I always thought of an assault weapons (or at least ARs) as something that fires a rifle- or carbine-sized round from a fairly compact package that does not require frequent reloading.

[soopaman2]

Fully automatic rifle round firing weapon. (being serious this time)

I am still searching for a negative agenda for this thread, or if the OP is as disgusted by the term "assault rifle" as I am? Just wondering, alot of anti gun nuts abound, when bad crap happens, so I am naturally on guard.

As liberal as I am, I am conservative on guns.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by soopaman2

I am still searching for an agenda for this thread, or if the OP is as disgusted by the term "assault rifle" as I am?

Looks like you already brought one with your previous response, so I wouldn't say that it matters.

[nikimcbee]

Fully automatic rifle round firing weapon. (being serious this time)

Those have been illegal since the 30s. Se we can ban them again.

[Neptunus Rex]

There is no "hidden" agenda. This is the crux of the whole issue, what is an assault weapon. Not looking for the legal definition, but perception, because that is what drives opinion.

There are no gotcha's here.

[soopaman2]

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

Looks like you already brought one with your previous response, so I wouldn't say that it matters.

I was asking the OP to clarify, my troll detector rang a little bit.

My pro-gun stance has nothing to do with my interest in the purpose of this thread, considering all the other gun threads we have. I just want to know if I am responding to a troll, or a legit question.

I bought nothing daimyo-sama.

I was simply trying to feel out if this was pro or anti guns. So I could debate it properly.

[Onkel Neal]

Assault rifle: A semi-automatic rifle styled to look like a military weapon with little or no hunting value, but certain to inflate the ego of people who play too many video games and watch too many violent movies about gangsters, drug lords, war heroes, and assassins.