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Results for assault weapons (u.s.)
1 results foundAuthor: Diaz, Tom Title: Target: Law Enforcement. Assault Weapons in the News, March 1, 2005 - February 29, 2007 Summary: Semiautomatic assault weapons are civilian versions of automatic military assault rifles like the AK-47 and the M-16. The civilian guns look the same as their military brethren because they are identical functionally, except for one feature: military assault rifles are machine guns. A machine gun fires continuously as long as its trigger is held back—until it runs out of ammunition. Civilian assault rifles, in contrast, are semi-automatic weapons. The trigger of a semiautomatic weapon must be pulled back separately for each round fired. Because federal law has banned the sale of new machine guns to civilians since 1986 and heavily regulates sales to civilians of older model machine guns, there is virtually no civilian market for military assault weapons. Nonetheless, civilian semiautomatic assault weapons have proven every bit as deadly as their military counterparts. This study is a snapshot of the effect of America’s laissez-faire policy toward assault weapons. Based on reports of assault weapons in the news over a two-year span, it makes clear that assault weapons are frequently used in crime and confiscated from criminals. Moreover, it demonstrates that the number of incidents in which law enforcement officers are reported to have been confronted with assault weapons rose dramatically in the two-year period monitored. Details: Washington, DC: Violence Policy Center, 2011? 17p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 21, 2011 at: http://www.vpc.org/studies/targetle.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.vpc.org/studies/targetle.pdf Shelf Number: 123079 Keywords: Assault Weapons (U.S.)Gun ControlGun ViolenceGuns |