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[-] Pipoca@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

People who don't like the term "assault rifle" think it basically means "scary-looking rifle" rather than "particularly deadly rifle". In New York state law, for example,

Assault weapon means a semiautomatic rifle that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has at least one of the following characteristics: (1) a folding or telescoping stock; (2) a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon; (3) a thumbhole stock; (4) a second handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (5) a bayonet mount; (6) a flash suppressor or muzzle break or muzzle compensator or a threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor or muzzle break or muzzle compensator; or (7) a grenade launcher.”

So a semiauto rifle in .223 Remington with a wooden stock is a "varmit hunting rifle", but simply giving it a black folding stock makes it an "assault rifle".

Honestly, things like NYS's limits on magazine size makes more sense to me than banning telescoping stocks or a second pistol grip.

this post was submitted on 11 Nov 2023
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