Federal Assault Weapons Ban high capacity magazine mass shooting police school toddler

you are 3 times more likely to be killed by a car & twice as likely to shoot your self than by a gun attack , & 70% of the gun attacks were hand guns!

BUT
63 - 70 % of American adult VOTERS have supported a ban
on high-capacity or extended ammunition magazine sale & or possession

Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act
newspeak for Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB) 1994
claim = each banned characteristic
not commonly used in designs "solely used for hunting."
& served to make the weapon "potentially more dangerous"
reality
baned weapons commonly found in use by criminals
& exempt weapons commonly used for recreation

exemption for old grand fathered legitimate sporting use
bolt, pump, lever, or slide action , rimfire Tube magazine
the ban was on
fully automatic military firearm modified to semi-auto
Folding or telescoping stock, burn preventing Barrel shroud
Detachable magazine outside the pistol grip over 10 rounds
Threaded barrel or mount you "can" attach ; extra handgrip, ,
barrel extender, flash hider silencer suppressor , Bayonet
or Grenade launcher muzzle break or compensator to
reduce recoil & rifle / shotgun revolving cylinder magazine

do not allow the operators trigger hand to be directly below the action most
traditional hunting rifles have the operators trigger hand behind the firing action

Assault rifles & assault weapons are rarely used in crimes.
its 2004 expiration led to immediate violence in Mexico
the ban did not seem to affect gun crime rates in the usa

BUTT!

magazine limits , or standard number of rounds set by the
gun designer, military user, gun owner, or your jurisdiction
5 10 15 18 20 30

42 US states do not ban or regulate magazine capacity
9 that do are , California , Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York , Vermont,
some restrictions exist in citys or regions like Cook County, Aurora, Chicago, & Oak Park, Illinois as..