What is an assault rifle and how does it differ from a regular rifle?
One is designed to kill 20 people in 10 seconds and the other one isn't.
One is designed for military use and warfare, the other one isn't.
Any other incredibly stupid questions?
They know you mean combat weapons. The ones with no legitimate purpose.
And the ones that commit roughly zero percent of the murders in this country.
So just to be clear, you read the Constitution and find where it says we need to justify needing our Constitutional rights protected. I don't see that qualification, can you show me where it says that?
Does that work with free speech? Religion? Due process? You think they start with a judicial hearing where you first prove you need them before you get them? You are actually this stupid, aren't you?
A little more than zero percent.
Results suggest assault weapons (primarily assault-type rifles) account for 2-12% of guns used in crime in general (most estimates suggest less than 7%) and 13-16% of guns used in murders of police. Assault weapons and other high-capacity semiautomatics together generally account for 22 to 36% of crime guns, with some estimates upwards of 40% for cases involving serious violence including murders of police. Assault weapons and other high-capacity semiautomatics appear to be used in a higher share of firearm mass murders (up to 57% in total)
Policies restricting semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition magazines are intended to reduce gunshot victimizations by limiting the stock of semiautomatic firearms with large ammunition capacities and other military-style features conducive to criminal use. The federal...
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
You know, if you Republicans really wanted to show your support for law enforcement, you would support a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
We support police to maintain our rights, not in lieu of them.
Even a leftist article trying to maximize the use of the term assault weapon and narrow the definition of crime to maximize the percent couldn't come up with a number higher than 7%.
And yet that's the focus of leftists.
Funny how a guy calling himself "Winston" wants to protect the power of government from the people
Leftist article? God but you are stupid. The article came from the Center for Evidence Based Crime Policy at, now wait for it, GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.
An assault weapons ban is a no-brainer. I mean what is the benefit of legal ownership of assault weapons? Other than making people feel good, I ain't seeing much of a benefit. It is little to no advantage over other weapons when it comes to self-defense. Surely no one is really thinking about using one while hunting, as the OP pointed out. And they sure are not going to make a difference in an armed insurrection against the federal government, pissing in the wind comes to mind. Honestly, the only benefit I see is the ability of some weekend soldiers to go out and play war games with inferior weapons that are made to look like real military weapons. Not really worried about them crazy ass yahoos losing their toys.
But what do we pay for having legal assault weapons. Easier access to those weapons by criminals, and the really violent ones, the ones that conduct offensive operations against law enforcement, use assault weapons. Every once in a while some crazy ass uses one to shoot lots and lots of people, at one time, at movie theaters, concerts, and even elementary schools. Most of the time they legally obtained that assault weapon. And then you have those dickshits I mentioned, the weekend warriors, who have become increasingly emboldened since the elimination of the assault weapons ban. Yep, seeing a real benefit in taking their toys now.