I've noticed a lot of "AK-47s" in the news lately. The AK-47 is a selective-fire capable rifle, and therefore classified as a machine gun. Recent laws make them very difficult to obtain. The guns being used in the aforesaid articles are most likely AKSs (or similar firearm), which are the semi-auto only variant.
What I am trying to point out is that the same obfuscation and lies are being trotted out once again to try to drum up support for these proposed laws.
How old are you? I don't know that I'd call the 1930s "recent". Even the 1986 ban on selling newly made machine guns to ordinary citizens isn't all that recent, even to a "fifty something" like me.
Exactly, I had to read this three time to figure it out
According to a report by the Violence Policy Center, between 1998 and 2001, one in five law enforcement officers (41 of 211) killed in the line of duty was killed with an assault weapon. Furthermore, of the law enforcement officers killed by a rifle during this period, 75 percent (38 of 49) were killed with an assault rifle.
So 38 of 41 were assault 'rifles' that are already heavily reguated, select fire.
The other 14, were done with assault 'weapons' and 'sniper rifles'.
So by their own logic, [and BS phraseology] this preemption to confiscation would only effect THREE weapons that arent already regulated to death ?
Being as though 80% of duty deaths result from 'other' causes, how about we regulate the wreckless driving of cops hurrying back for shift change, or blowing through red lights on the way to meet the 'Mrs' for a box lunch ??? /sarc...sort of