Guns: how much longer will it take ....

The key definition of a assault rifle is not automatic fire, but that the rate of fire is variable, i.e. - you can have multiple modes (single, 3-round burst, full auto).
A fully automatic machine gun is not a "assault rifle" by definition, however it may fall under the definition of a "assault weapon" based on it's features (clip size etc).

The question is whether the government can, and should, ban military-style assault weapons.

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David - I thought you gun folk knew everything about guns.

Thank u for your hi esteem,
but we in the freedom of self-defense community r too modest to accept
your attribution of omniscience; the same as cars:
thay can be fun, but it 'd be superhuman
to know everything about everything concerning cars,
so our inexorable humility will not permit us to accept your characterization.

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The key definition of a assault rifle is not automatic fire,
but that the rate of fire is variable, i.e. - you can have multiple modes
(single, 3-round burst, full auto).

U have proof of this ?
or were u imbued with this concept by supernatural epifany from above ?

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A fully automatic machine gun is not a "assault rifle" by definition,

AGREED.
Every m.g. I 've ever known has been belt-fed.

Shoulder fired automatic weapons that r magazine-fed, r usually "automatic rifles"
like the legendary B.A.R.

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however it may fall under the definition of a "assault weapon"
based on it's features (clip size etc).

Rocks, knives or rolled-up newspapers can be weapons,
if thay r used to assault anyone; glass gasoline bottles with burning fuses (Molotov Cocktails) r assault weapons.
The limits r those of the imagination, as Mr. Serling 'd say.

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Just when I think there is one topic you guys might actually know enough about...

We know EVEN MORE ? Awwww. . . . u r being too nice -- gosh; -- u make me blush . . . .





David

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The question is whether the government can, and should, ban military-style assault weapons. . . .

Perhaps u 'll remember that the USSC 's problem with the sawn-off shotgun
in US v. MILLER was that no evidence had been taken by the trial court
to show that it was still A FUNCTIONING WEAPON, useful to a militia in that mutilated condition.

The 2A protects citizens' possession of WEAPONS, not junk.
The trial court 's error was in taking judicial notice
that a sawn off shotgun is still a weapon.

M-14s with selector switches and M-16s are obviously useful to militia.





David

Obama Backs Away From Assault Gun Ban

The president, after meeting with Mexico's president, said he preferred to focus on enforcing existing
laws to keep assault weapons out of Mexico, rather than trying to renew the U.S. ban on the weapons.

Good news, but I still don't trust him or his administration...

An assault rifle is a rifle designed for combat, with selective fire (capable of shooting in both fully automatic and semi automatic modes).

Primarily limited to the United States, the term assault weapon is a legal term, separate from the technical definition, used to describe a variety of semi-automatic firearms that have certain features generally associated with military assault rifles. The 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired on September 13, 2004, defined the rifle type of assault weapon as a semiautomatic firearm with the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and two or more of the following:

* Folding or telescoping stock
* Conspicuous pistol grip
* Bayonet mount
* Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
* Grenade launcher
* Barrel shroud

ASSAULT RIFLE
By U.S. Army definition, a selective-fire rifle chambered for a cartridge of intermediate power. If applied to any semi-automatic firearm regardless of its cosmetic similarity to a true assault rifle, the term is incorrect.

Assault Weapon: A meaningless term fabricated by the ignorant left.