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To: Rambi who wrote (1862)	10/9/2000 7:23:01 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 10042

I must comment on this. By definition, an assault weapon has a select-fire provision. (I.e. a safety switch that has three positions: Safe, Semi-auto and Full-auto.) There are no such guns being sold in America today - with the exception of a fixed and shrinking pool of tightly regulated, Federally registered machine guns in the collector's market. There are no assault weapons on our streets, barring highly illegal full-auto conversions on Uzis, AKs and whatnot. A semi-auto AR15 (M16 type) is not RPT not an assault weapon. A semi-auto AK knockoff, yougetit. We should swat the press's collective knuckles with a ruler for getting away with this alarmist hype.

To: Rambi who wrote (1862)	10/10/2000 11:42:13 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

I think that some regulations need to be reexamined. Some of those should be eliminated. Some current regulations that are in place but not enforced vigorously possibly should be. Personally, though, I rather doubt the Founding Fathers foresaw assault weapons in the hands of a citizenry who no longer really has a militia like theirs. True assault weapons are full auto weapons. They were all ready highly regulated before any of the assault weapons bans. The recent laws basically ban weapons based on their appearance. A semi-auto so called "assault weapon", lacks the concealability of pistols, the close in power of a shotgun, or the long range sniper ability of a high powered hunting rifle. Yet all three of those are completely legal. Some people in congress and in state legislatures are scared of how the guns look, so they ban them. If the government can ban some weapons for no logical reason, then what weapons are next? Its a completely emotional and arbitrary use of government power that is unsupported by either constitutional law or honest reasoned argument. Tim