A factually false statement by a journalist. Not a big surprise on this issue.
The Uzi and AK-47 are both fully-automatic, thus they are true assault weapons.
Semi-automatic rifles, by definition, are not assault weapons.
This blurring of the distinction between the two was used to foment the semi-auto ban in the first place.
As well as the argument that these weapons have no legitimate hunting use. Well, the Second Amendment ain't about hunting.
In any event, it remains legal to own machine guns in the United States, although a few hoops must be jumped through.
Semi-automatic weapons should never have been demonized like this, and if a semi-auto ban ever sticks under USSC scrutiny, then the Second Amendment is dead anyway (disregarding the full-auto debate for the moment.)
sooo.. if they are not capable of rapid fire at close range, only long range, then they are OK??
These idiots just throw in althe buzzwords, the usual tripe, with no regards to accuracy....kinfda like that NYT reporter, only he got caught.