[El Gato]

This is actually the first crime in 10 years that could have been affected by the now expired "clinton assault weapons ban" - it banned some rifles if they did not remove the bayonet lug...

Nope, close but no cigar. They said it was a WW-II era rifle. Thus a Garand or possibly a Springfield, if a US weapon. All the likely foreign weapons, and the Springfield, are bolt actions. Even the Garand, which is a semi-auto, doesn't qualify because it doesn't have a removable magazine. The magazine it does have holds less than ten rounds as well.

[2banana]

Nope, close but no cigar. They said it was a WW-II era rifle. Thus a Garand or possibly a Springfield, if a US weapon. All the likely foreign weapons, and the Springfield, are bolt actions. Even the Garand, which is a semi-auto, doesn't qualify because it doesn't have a removable magazine. The magazine it does have holds less than ten rounds as well.

Hey! It could have been this WWII era rifle!

The Sturmgewehr 44:

And. yeah, I know, what would a kid be doing with a $20,000 historical rifle...

[tbeatty]

And it was manufactured pre-1994, therefore like every AR-15 manufactured before 1994, it can have a pistol grip, bayonet lug and detachable magazine and be perfectly legal. Unaffacted by the ban.