Senator Feinstein's Definition of an Assault Weapon

[5.56Spartan]

I cleaned up the text from Diane Feinstein's bill regarding the definition of an assault weapon.

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The term ‘semiautomatic assault weapon’ means any of the following, regardless of country of manufacture or caliber of ammunition accepted:

(A) A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following:

(i) A pistol grip.
(ii) A forward grip
(iii) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock.
(iv) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher.
(v) A barrel shroud.
(vi) A threaded barrel.​

(B) A semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.

(C) Any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun.

(D) A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and any 1 of the following:

(i) A threaded barrel.
(ii) A second pistol grip.
(iii) A barrel shroud.
(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip.
(v) A semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.​

(E) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.

(F) A semiautomatic shotgun that has any 1 of the following:

(i) A folding, telescoping, or detachable stock.
(ii) A pistol grip.
(iii) A fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds.
(iv) The ability to accept a detachable magazine.
(v) A forward grip.
(vi) A grenade launcher or rocket launcher.​

(G) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder

(H) All of the following rifles, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof:

(i) All AK types, including the following: (... list of AK's follows)
(ii) All AR types, including the following: (... list of AR's follows)​

(I) All of the following pistols, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof:

(i) All AK–47 types, including the following: (... list of AK type pistols follows)
(ii) All AR–15 types, including the following: (... list of AR type pistols follows)
(iii) through (xiii) .... list of various pistols​

(J) All of the following shotguns, copies, duplicates, variants, or altered facsimiles with the capability of any such weapon thereof:

(i) through (iv) ... list of various shotguns​

(K) All belt-fed semiautomatic firearms, including TNW M2HB.

(L) Any combination of parts from which a firearm described in subparagraphs (A) through (K) can be assembled.

(M) The frame or receiver of a rifle or shotgun described in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (F), (G), (H), (J), or (K).

 

[cp1969]

She has outdone herself this time.

How long has this bill been waiting in the wings for the most opportunistic moment possible to introduce it? There is no way that bill was composed in the time since the Connecticut shooting.

But look! How reasonable she is! She specifically exempts your Nylon 66 and Marlin 55 Goose Gun. See? She's not a gun grabber. Just an all-knowing female who knows what's best for you, including what guns you'll be "allowed" to keep (for now) with her "reasonable" gun control law.

 

[riderrick65]

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Franken-Fiend-stein has outdone herself this time.

How long has this bill been waiting in the wings for the most opportunistic moment possible to introduce it? There is no way that bill was composed in the time since the Connecticut shooting.

But look! How reasonable she is! She specifically exempts your Nylon 66 and Marlin 55 Goose Gun. See? She's not a gun grabber. Just an all-knowing female who knows what's best for you, including what guns you'll be "allowed" to keep (for now) with her "reasonable" gun control law.

I agree, this bill has been in the wings for awhile! I don't believe she had the time to draft it in a little over a month! We need to stick together and write our elected officials and keep the pressure on them so this bill doe's make it through the house!

 

[SanJoseScott]

Gee, I must have missed the text where this bill addresses the acquisition and use of said weapons to help prevent:

Columbine: Didn't they used illegally purchased pistols and shotguns (strawman purchase by minors)
Virginia Tech: Legally purchased pistols by someone with documented mental illness (should have been caught in background check)
Fort Hood: Act of terroism using legally purchased pistol (oops, I meant "act of workplace violence")
Aurora: Legally purchased wepons by person with known mental "issues" (can someone say anti-depressants?)
Sandy Hook: Stole his mothers legally owned guns (elephant in the room is Mother's utter lack of judgement)
Webster NY: Illegally purchased guns by convicted felon (Yes, stupidity should be a crime)

Ok, Ms. Feistein, what part of your bill would do ANYTHING to have stopped, prevented, or even remotely affected any of the most recent tragedies. It has ZERO to do with public safety and EVERYTHING to do with some background agenda that leads to a country that I am starting to not even recognize.

 

[tford46292]

The chairman of the Intelligence Committe on today's interview on "Face The Nation":

"What we have found that now on the AR15 they have a slide stock which you put in, it's legal, and it makes the gun act fully automatic."

Also in her interview, dramatic rhetoric about the type of weapon used at Sandy Hook, an "AR15 type". Hello?! first reports indicated 4 pistols were used, Investigation is 'very complex' - Video on TODAY.com

Sick of the lies my friends. Where do we draw the line?

 

[Unleashed]

And anything she looked at a picture of and deemed scary.

 

[SanJoseScott]

What about the type of weapon used at Columbine (pistol, shotgun).
What about the type of weapon used at Virginia Tech (pistol)
What about the type of weapon used at Aurora after the AR jamed (pistol)
What about the type of weapon used at Fort Hood (pistol)

Oh, gee they don't fit the narrative so they don't count

 

[StlBluesFan72]

The chairman of the Intelligence Committe on today's interview on "Face The Nation":

"What we have found that now on the AR15 they have a slide stock which you put in, it's legal, and it makes the gun act fully automatic."

Also in her interview, dramatic rhetoric about the type of weapon used at Sandy Hook, an "AR15 type". Hello?! first reports indicated 4 pistols were used, Investigation is 'very complex' - Video on TODAY.com

Sick of the lies my friends. Where do we draw the line?

We will not be able to defeat the liberal/socialist controlled mass media. We have drawn the line. I hope everyone is writing and calling thier state, and federal representatives as often as I am. This bill has little to NO chance of passing through the legislative process as is. I dont know what the future holds but we cant stop fighting .. Let your reps know you vote, and you are watching them. We have ballots, or bullets to take our country back, and I would rather use ballots.

 

[StlBluesFan72]

What about the type of weapon used at Columbine (pistol, shotgun).
What about the type of weapon used at Virginia Tech (pistol)
What about the type of weapon used at Aurora after the AR jamed (pistol)
What about the type of weapon used at Fort Hood (pistol)

Oh, gee they don't fit the narrative so they don't count

No but ANYTHING that has to do with a "military style assault rifle" is now national news.

 

[Travis15R]

I wonder how much non air coverage the next mass killing would get if it was done with pipe bombs b/c it did not fit the script of the evil black gun

 

[pownal55]

Don't all rifles and shotguns have a forward grip?

 

[Hillbilly77]

She gets her information from the chart that hangs on her bathroom wall:

 

[JenniferG]

I want whatever she wants to ban. That means they are the guns that are the most effective at keeping them at bay.

 

[thndrchiken]

Here's the thing, her definition is wrong simply because the definition of an assault rifle is that it be fully automatic or have select fire capability. But let's not confuse anyone with the facts.

 

[venomballistics]

Here's the thing, her definition is wrong simply because the definition of an assault rifle is that it be fully automatic or have select fire capability. But let's not confuse anyone with the facts.

eye on the ball son .. shes not after assault rifles ... shes after assault weapons. weapon and rifle are not the same word.
there is not yet such a thing as an assault weapon ... shes defining it prior to banning them, whatever she believes them to be.
it is essentially a blank check she's filling out where rifles just happen to be part of the definition shes trying to make up.

 

[rwsmith]

Not only is this pre-prepared

We are in a war of attrition. Any concession, however slight, will be used as a precedent in the future to enact further controls making it more difficult and expensive to own/operate guns. If they don't accomplish yanking (or maybe prying is a better term) them away from me, they will go to work on my kids. They are trying to 'phase out' private firearms altogether.

 

[Hapworth]

The chairman of the Intelligence Committe on today's interview on "Face The Nation":

"What we have found that now on the AR15 they have a slide stock which you put in, it's legal, and it makes the gun act fully automatic."

Also in her interview, dramatic rhetoric about the type of weapon used at Sandy Hook, an "AR15 type". Hello?! first reports indicated 4 pistols were used, Investigation is 'very complex' - Video on TODAY.com

Sick of the lies my friends. Where do we draw the line?

I also can't abide the spreading of mis-and-disinformation, intentionally or otherwise.

So whereas I agree with some of your frustration, I have to say we begin by drawing the line at not spreading any bad info ourselves; the video in your link is six weeks old, from the day of the shooting when none of the facts were in yet, and has been thoroughly discredited since.

 

[USBP SW]

Unfortunately, any law that passes they will never claim that the laws are ineffective when the inevitable next disaster strikes. They will claim that the laws do not go far enough and will propose more laws. This has happened here in California, it has happened in New York and if we don't do everything possible to prevent more useless laws, there will be no free states left in this country.

Best of luck to us all,
Steve

 

[Penmon]

What we need is a two term limit, for Congress and the House.
The heck with these professional politicians, after all why would someone spend millions to get a short term two hundred thousand dollar a year job? Because there making it back in other ways!

 

[owenwd54]

The only way that we will ever get term limits is to march on Washington You would not vote yourself out of real plush job.But march we should .When they run for reelection watch how they back stroke on how they handled Obama s gun bans. We should make it a point to help anyone who runs against Senator Feinstein. We could rent a bill board or 2 and help her campaign.
I have sent her E mails but she will not read them because I do not live in her state. But yet she impose legislation that effects all the people of our country.
The gun grabbers Think that all of us are stupid and that they came up with all of this bull in couple of week. Give me a break.
Look at our economy it is in shambles and if they would have put as much energy in to trying to fix it as they have trying to take our 2nd amendment rights from us things maybe would be getting better.
We should never ever forget the one who has brought this assault on our rights. Make no mistake they want to take all of our guns and freedom s from us.
We should never forget this and when we vote remember them. .