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There are so many statutory definitions of assault weapons in local, state and federal laws, a muzzleloader with a bayonet could be classified as one. The now-expired 1994 Federal Automatic Weapons Ban defined an assault weapon as a firearm with a detachable magazine and a pistol grip, sometimes in conjunction with other features, such as a folding stock or a muzzle break. Why it's dumb
It was overly complex and outlawed guns that were not actually "assault weapons." But gun control zealots, such as Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY), want to resurrect a new version of it by banning high-capacity ammunition magazines through her proposed H.R. 308 — The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act — which has been formally proposed in the House of Representatives.
Four states, California, Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey limit firearm purchases or sales to one per month. Why it's dumb
This law makes society safer because violent criminals won't risk breaking the law to stockpile weapons? Wrong. The people who actually follow this regulation are law-abiding citizens who should be allowed to buy as many guns as they want, whenever they want.
Firearm microstamping, or ballistic imprinting, or ballistic engraving, is the use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm. When the gun is fired, these etchings transfer to the primer by the firing pin and to the cartridge case by the breech face, using pressure created when a round is fired. When spent cartridges are ejected, these microscopic markings are imprinted on cartridges, which can then be examined to trace the firearm to the registered owner. Why it's dumb
Although this technology is unproven, and there are no reliable statistics to substantiate how useful it may be, California passed a law in 2010 to prohibit the sale of new models of semi-automatic handguns that don't "micro-stamp" identifying information on fired cartridge cases. Similar legislation is under consideration in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, Wisconsin and Illinois while Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) will allegedly sponsor a nationwide microstamping bill before 2013. Photo: Microstamper
https://www.outdoorlife.com/photos/gallery/guns/rifles/2011/06/21-worst-gun-laws-ever/