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Any weapon is an "assault weapon" if you use it to assault someone.
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Man opens fire with machine gun at university; two injured
The Associated Press ^ | 5/9/03 5:10 PM | By M.R. KROPKO
Posted on 05/09/2003 2:59 PM PDT by demlosers

CLEVELAND (AP) -- A man opened fire with a machine gun Friday at the business school at Case Western Reserve University. At least two people were reported injured.
Witnesses said the gunman was firing indiscriminantly...

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Graduate Nabbed in Case Western Shooting
By TOM WITHERS
CLEVELAND - The 62-year-old man accused of a shooting spree at a prestigious Cleveland university had military training with the Indian army and a grudge against an employee, authorities said Saturday.
Biswanath Halder, armed with two handguns...
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He had a Cobray pistol, a Ruger pistol and 11 ammunition clips...
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The Cobray pistol is a semi-automatic that looks like a machine gun. It falls in the same category as the POS Intratec TEC-9. Fat, heavy and inaccurate. If you bring one of these guns along, you can't help but be indiscriminate in your selection of targets. That said, the firearms did not shoot themselves. They did not transport themselves to the crime seen. Bizzy Halder provided the criminal animation to this inanimate object. A Cobray M11 is pictured below.