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	Airsoft Automatic Weapons
		The 6MM Sidewinder is a fully automatic non-lethal machine gun, firing a 6MM spherical plastic pellet at the cyclic rate of 150 rounds per second (9,000 per minute).
		Various weights of the plastic ammunition are available, as well as tactical choices including metallic and paint filled rounds.
		It is a fully gas operated unit, with no springs, pistons, electric motors or electronics.
	www.pursuitsautomaticweapons.com (146 words)

	Machine gun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Such automatic weapons with a caliber of 20 mm or larger are generally referred to as autocannons.
		Other automatic weapons are subdivided into several categories based on the size of the bullet used, and whether the cartridge is fired from a positively locked closed bolt, or a non-positively locked open bolt.
		Fully automatic firearms using pistol-caliber ammunition are called machine pistols or submachine guns (largely on the basis of size); selective-fire rifles firing a full-power rifle cartridge from a closed bolt are called automatic rifles, while those using a reduced-power rifle cartridge are called assault rifles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Machine_gun (2933 words)

	Assault weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An assault weapon is generally defined as a semi-automatic firearm that is similar in name, appearance, or design to a fully automatic firearm or military weapon.
		Those who are opposed to attempts to ban assault weapons, including groups such as the National Rifle Association and Gun Owners of America, hold that the attributes used to create statutory definitions are cosmetic or are chosen for cosmetic reasons.
		To bolster this argument, it is often pointed out that many weapons commonly classified as assault weapons, such as semiautomatic versions of military assault rifles, use smaller calibers and less-powerful ammunition than many legal hunting rifles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assault_weapon (1036 words)

	AK-47 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The AK-47 (Automatic Kalashnikov rifle 1947 model; Russian: Автомат Калашникова образца 1947 года) is an assault rifle designed in 1947 by Mikhail Kalashnikov, produced by Russian manufacturer IZH, and used in many Eastern bloc nations during the Cold War.
		He had been informed that a new weapon was required for the 7.62 × 39 mm cartridge derived by Elisarov and Semin in 1943.
		With the selector in the middle position, the rifle continues to fire, automatically cycling fresh rounds into the chamber, until the magazine is exhausted or pressure is released from the trigger.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/AK-47 (1782 words)

	Assault rifle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Primarily in the United States, the term assault weapon is an arbitrary, confusing, and ambiguous term used to describe a collection of semi-automatic firearms that have certain features, such as a folding stock or the ability to accept a detachable magazine of a capacity larger than ten rounds.
		However, assault weapons are by legal definition not fully automatic weapons, and vice versa, and thus fully automatic weapons were unaffected by the ban, although they have been heavily restricted since the National Firearms Act of 1934.
		The term 'assault weapon' was previously (before the bill), and still is sometimes used to refer to fully automatic weapon; but no longer in any legal sense after the bill at the national level.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Assault_rifle (1933 words)

	AllRefer.com - small arms : Automatic Weapons (Military Affairs (nonnaval)) - Encyclopedia
		The automatic pistol to some extent replaced the revolver as the standard military sidearm; the revolver, however, remained the weapon of most police forces in the United States even though it has less fire power and carries less ammunition than the automatic pistol : mainly because, unlike the automatic, it did not jam.
		The submachine gun, a light, portable automatic weapon fired either from the hip or the shoulder, was sometimes employed by the Germans and Italians during World War I. In the United States, J. Thompson, in cooperation with J. Blish, perfected (1920) one of the first notable submachine guns.
		Just before World War I the automatic rifle, sometimes known as the light machine gun or machine rifle, was developed; part rifle, part machine gun, it is mounted on a bipod, has a shoulder stock, and is magazine-fed. Outstanding types of this weapon are the British Bren gun and the American Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/smallarm-automatic-weapons.html (537 words)

	Assault Weapons
		A genuine assault weapon, as opposed to a legal definition, is a hand-held, selective fire weapon, which means it's capable of firing in either an automatic or a semiautomatic mode depending on the position of a selector switch.
		However, current "assault weapon" legislation defines certain semi-automatic weapons as "assault weapons." A semi-automatic weapon is one that fires a round with each pull of the trigger, versus an automatic weapon which continues to shoot until the trigger is released or the ammunition supply is exhausted.
		In 1990, "assault weapons" comprised thirty-six of the 963 firearms involved in homicide or aggravated assault and analyzed by police crime laboratories, according to a report prepared by the California Department of Justice, and based on data from police firearms laboratories throughout the state.
	www.guncite.com /gun_control_gcassaul.html (1831 words)

	Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW), M249 Light Machine Gun
		The weapon is manufactured by FN Manufacturing, Inc. and was adopted by the Army in 1984 to replace the M60 Machine Gun.
		The Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) is an air-cooled, belt-fed, gas-operated automatic weapon that fires from the open-bolt position.
		The weapon has a quick-change barrel; however, barrels must not be interchanged with those from other SAWs unless their headspace has been set for that weapon by direct support personnel.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ground/m249.htm (1218 words)

	Norinco QB-81 MG
		By the end of the 1980s, the TYPE 81 Weapons System had completely replaced the Type 56 sdemi-automatic rifle (Chinese copy of the SKS), and the Type 56 automatic weapons system (Chinese AKM cache) and had become the standard squad weapon cache in service with the PLA.
		The weapon was given high credits by the PLA, and it has proven itself in combat to be a fantastic fighting system.
		The TYPE 81-MG squad automatic weapon design is similar to the one of the TYPE 81 standard rifle, and the two guns share 65 exchangeable parts.
	www.securityarms.com /20010315/galleryfiles/2700/2790.htm (495 words)

	-----Original Message----- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Rifles characterized as "assault weapons" are semi-automatic (not to be mistaken for sub-machine guns) rifles.
		So-called "assault weapons" are not the same as the types of rifles carried by the military, which are referred to as "assault rifles".
		The name "assault weapon" was devised by the anti-gun groups to sow as much confusion with those not familiar with firearms as possible, in order to make them think that citizens were previously purchasing fully-automatic military weapons when they, in fact, were already not allowed to do so.
	www.geocities.com /capitolhill/6929/ChiTribOpEdRebut.htm (966 words)

	The information resource for the expiration of the 1994 semiauto ban! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		And though the label "assault weapons" is relatively new, this type of firearm is not.
		The term ''rifle'' means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.
		For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ''antique firearm'' shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof.
	www.awbansunset.com /whatis.html (2236 words)

	Brady Campaign - Assault Weapons in America: Military Guns in Civilian Hands
		The sale or transfer of fully automatic machine guns, which automatically feed ammunition into the chamber so that one depression of the trigger automatically sprays multiple bullets as long as the trigger is pulled, were restricted by the National Firearms Act of 1934 (see The Six Federal Gun Laws).
		Assault weapons are not just "ugly guns." Semi-automatic hunting rifles are designed to be fired from the shoulder and depend on the accurate shooting of one bullet at a time.
		Semi-automatic assault weapons are designed to be spray-fired from the hip and are designed to maximize death and injury from a very rapid rate of fire.
	www.bradycampaign.org /facts/issues?page=aw (1267 words)

	QandO: MoveOn's red herring
		They are semi-automatic rifles, not automatic rifles like the military assault rifles, and they're no different, in effect than hundreds of other semi-automatic rifles sold daily except they happen to look like military assault weapons.
		The fully automatic version of the AK47 -- pictured and described in the ad -- remains just as illegal as it was before the ban expired.
		Automatics, as pointed out, have been illegal since the '30s.
	qando.net /archives/004107.htm (489 words)

	Explaining the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Both of these weapons are heavily restricted to civilians and governed by the National Firearms Act of 1934.
		Weapons that can be converted too easily are banned by the ATF (examples of this are the KG-9, KG-99, and Uzi Model A).
		It is not an assault weapon under the 1994 law because it has had the flash supressor/"grenade launcher" and bayonet lug removed.
	www.ont.com /users/kolya/AR15/aw94.htm (1089 words)

	STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY (NON—AUTOMATIC WEAPONS)
		Weapons so stored must be secured in a locked metal container of not less than 12 gauge steel, not prominently displayed, aid secured to a firm structural member of the residence (e.g., container secured by lock aid chain or firmly bolted to the wall or floor).
		While in transit, competitive weapons will be locked in the trunk of a vehicle, or in a locked container which is out of view.
		Any loss of weapons or ammunition or other serious incident involving marksmanship personnel or equipment will be reported immediately to local civil police, FBI aid issuing authority who will report in accordance with NGR 190—11 and AR 190—40 in accordance with the State serious incident reporting requirement.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /sarts/tagmatch/snonauto.htm (780 words)

	Congressman Rush Holt Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Dist.) today urged adoption of legislation extending the federal ban on semi-automatic assault weapons and toughening provisions to stop the manufacture of copycat weapons. The current ban on semi-automatic assault weapons is due to expire on September 13.
		The federal assault weapons ban was enacted in 1994 and is due to expire on September 13 unless the Congress and White House act on new legislation.
		The current ban on semi-automatic assault weapons is due to expire on September 13.
	holt.house.gov /issues2.cfm?id=9342 (697 words)

	Brady Wrong on Automatic Weapons
		Texas leads the nation in the number of automatic weapons in civilian hands.
		Gun-control advocates are at least partially to blame for proliferation of automatic weapons among the citizenry.
		Prior to the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934, there was no widespread ownership of automatic weapons by law-abiding citizens, despite the fact that in those days Thompson submachine guns could be purchased at hardware stores.
	www.fff.org /comment/com0412g.asp (595 words)

	GunCite - Gun Control: Machine Guns
		A fully automatic weapon (a machine gun) is one that fires a succession of bullets so long as the trigger is depressed or until the ammunition supply is exhausted.
		In addition, any weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot automatically, more than one shot at a time by a single trigger pull, is legally considered to be a machine gun.
		Submachine guns are fully automatic weapons that fire a handgun cartridge and can be operated by one person.
	www.guncite.com /gun_control_gcfullau.html (879 words)

	German Automatic Weapons
		Weapons are shown being handled by firers wearing authentic period uniforms and field equipment placing the weapon in its correct historical context.
		In this attractive new treatment, the seven classic automatic weapons of the World War II German Wehrmacht are illustrated in colour photographs — with a difference.
		The illustrations are accompanied by concise accounts of each weapon's historical and technical background; and by accessible, non-technical descriptions of its actual firing characteristics, from the viewpoint of the ordinary infantryman, as revealed in these trials by experienced shooters.
	www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/bookstore/german-automatic-weapons.html (240 words)

	Weapons
		This weapon was made by Swiss Solothurn AG which was not equipped to produce in quantity, so manufacturing was turned over to Waffenfabrik Steyr, the old established Austrian gun maker.
		This handsome weapon is remembered as a mainstay of the Russian Army in the Battle for Leningrad in WW2 against the Germans, and later was used by the Communists during the Korean War.
		An interesting historical fact on this weapon is that on May 27, 1942, during WW2, two Czech undercover agents dispatched by British SOE to assassinate the infamous Nazi SS Group Leader, Reinhard Heidrich, in Prague, used a Sten and a tank grenade to attack Heidrich's open Mercedes.
	www.military-collections.com /weapons.html (2876 words)

	Brady Campaign - Assault Weapons Ban
		Assault weapons are designed to be spray-fired from the hip, and because of their design, a shooter can maintain control of the weapon even while firing many rounds in rapid succession.
		Opponents of the ban argue that such weapons only "look scary." However, because they were designed for military purposes, assault weapons are equipped with combat hardware, such as silencers, folding stocks and bayonets, which are not found on sporting guns.
		Existing weapons and magazines are "grandfathered," meaning that such items lawfully possessed prior to the bill's effective date may be retained, sold or transferred to anyone who is legally entitled to own a firearm.
	www.bradycampaign.org /facts/faqs/?page=awb (3411 words)

	Discriminations: New York Times Shoots, Hits Foot Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		First, assault weapons spray bullets no faster than any other semi-automatic rifles, all but a listed few of which were not affected by the ban.
		If "assault weapons" were used in such a relatively high proportion of murders of police in the line of duty, perhaps the ban on "assault weapons" does make sense.
		The ban on their semi automatic look alikes ("assault weapons" -- the quotation marks are important!) MAY make sense IF "assault weapons" were so likely to be used in murders of police officers.
	www.discriminations.us /storage/002704.html (823 words)

	Bill seeks to allow Wyoming hunters to carry automatic weapons
		Case said Wyoming's game laws shouldn't penalize hunters for possessing automatic weapons or silenced guns when they're otherwise legal.
		He questioned whether hunters could be cited under the current law if they merely had such a weapon in their car and weren't using it for hunting.
		On the question of automatic weapons, Nelson said, "That wouldn't be a good idea, either.
	www.jacksonholestartrib.com /articles/2006/02/09/news/wyoming/c46741f0be7fa75187257110006178c1.txt (805 words)

	VPC - Studies Assault Weapons & Accesories
		By framing the debate as one concerning all semi-autos, as opposed to a specific category of semi-auto, the NRA is able to present efforts to restrict assault weapons as a threat to hunters.
		This misusage apparently stems from an unfamiliarity with weapons terminology and a lack of understanding of the wide range of weapons covered by the term semi-automatic.
		As the result of this lack of knowledge, and the difficulties in defining assault weapons in legal terms, laws have been proposed on the state level that would place waiting periods on all semi-auto weapons.
	www.vpc.org /studies/awadebat.htm (1735 words)

	Return of Assault Weapons Feared in U.S.
		The gun debate in the United States has moved back to the forefront as a 1994 ban on assault weapons lurches toward an expiry date and it promises to become a pivotal issue in the next presidential election.
		The 1994 law made it illegal to import, manufacture, transfer or possess 19 types of semi-automatic weapons, although the law was "grandfathered," meaning anyone who legally owned such weapons before that date could retain them.
		Many weapons manufacturers simply cosmetically changed the specs on the weapons to circumvent the ban, cynically adding "AB" to their model numbers, indicating they were changed "after the ban."
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0524-03.htm (993 words)

	U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg and Congressman Bill Pascrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The federal assault weapons ban was enacted in 1994 and is due to expire in September unless the Congress and White House act on new legislation.
		Representative Pascrell is a co-sponsor of the companion legislation in the House.
		A renewal of the existing ban on semi-automatic assault weapons passed the Senate last week on a 52-47 vote, but it was added as an amendment to a bill that would grant gun manufacturers and sellers immunity from suits brought by the victims of gun violence.
	www.politicsnj.com /lautenberg030804.htm (681 words)

	NCPA - BA #102 - Will Banning Assault Weapons Reduce Crime?
		One of the reasons a ban on assault weapons is politically popular is that the public has been misled about what is being proposed.
		Proponents of bans on assault weapons say they want to target weapons that are only useful for shooting a person and have no practical value in hunting.
		Since California banned assault weapons in 1989, police have seized numerous weapons and refused to return them even after receiving proof that the guns did not fall under the ban.
	www.ncpa.org /ba/ba102.html (850 words)

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