Assault weapons ban does not affect machine guns
Again, an attempt to tie the assault weapons ban to machine guns (which the ban does not regulate):
Attorney General Bill Lockyer planned to be on hand for a news conference this morning to support renewal of the federal law. Also expected to attend were Los Angeles Mayor Jim Hahn, Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton and Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.
The news conference was planned outside the Bank of America in North Hollywood — the scene of a 1997 robbery that culminated in a shootout between two heavily armed gunmen and LAPD officers.
Police conceded they were outgunned by the robbers, who wore body armor and were armed with machine guns. Ultimately, both were killed.
The anti-gunners are using the imagery of the two men who used machine guns to rob a bank. Those machine guns were illegal and are regulated by the 1934 NFA.
August 18th, 2004 at 4:16 pm
Wasn’t that the plan all along? An assault weapon is an assault rifle is a machine gun. Then ratchet “assault weapon” until it covers everything. Mr. and Mrs. America, turn ’em in.
August 18th, 2004 at 10:47 pm
Hell, Big Brother would not let me pick up my shotgun today!
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