Gun foes target Inver Grove Heights manufacturer

Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | May 19, 2004 | Kevin Duchschere

[jdege]

Gun foes target Inver Grove Heights manufacturer

Kevin Duchschere, Star Tribune
May 19, 2004

One of the best reasons to bolster the federal ban on semiautomatic assault weapons, gun-control advocates say, is right in Inver Grove Heights.

That's the home of Vulcan Arms Inc., a gun manufacturer that has been in business for fewer than two years and that, according to an antigun group in Washington, D.C., sells a greater variety of "copycat assault weapons" than any other gunmaker in the country.

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Gun-control advocates will hold a news conference this morning in Minneapolis, focusing on Vulcan Arms and the 10-year-old federal ban on assault weapons. The ban will expire in September unless it is renewed by Congress and President Bush.

Not only should the ban be extended, said Rebecca Thoman of Citizens for a Safer Minnesota, it should be rewritten to prohibit more weapons and to close loopholes that allow companies such as Vulcan to deal in firearms that she said are only slightly different from illegal assault weapons.

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"We can say unequivocally that we've never seen a product line as broad when it comes to assault weapons and military guns as Vulcan's," she said. "Usually, they choose one or another area to focus on.

"This is a company whose entire product line is designed to evade the federal assault ban."

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Kevin Duchschere is at
kduchschere@startribune.com

[King Prout]

and I'm adding them to my list of "favorites" websites

[jdege]

Don't.

They may piss off the hoplophobes, but they don't have a good reputation for quality control.

[taxcontrol]

Ohhhhhh baby!

Thanks for the heads up!
I like the A2 .308 and for $1800 it is not a bad price. I currently have a Remington 700 VS in .308 that is a real tack driver. Might just sell it though. I don't need that kind of accuracy for hunting here in Colorado. If it is over 200 yrds it is often unreachable due to terrain or unsafe to dress the deer at that location due to the slope.

[Ranxerox]

If you like the A2 for the better sights, but don't care for the carry handle, check into the accessories page at Bushmaster's website for some very nice flip-up ghost-ring sights that mount on a A3 flattop.

[King Prout]

thanks for the tip.

I guess Bushmaster will remain my main squeeze :)

[El Gato]

"We can say unequivocally that we've never seen a product line as broad when it comes to assault weapons and military guns as Vulcan's," she said. "Usually, they choose one or another area to focus on.

I'm confused (a fairly normal state for me these days). I thought that "assault weapons", were military "weapons of war". That being the main reason they needed banning. Now this gun grabber says they aren't?