As you know, the assault weapon ban of 1994 expired in 2004 when congress didn't vote to renew it, but under that law the classification was:
In general, the AWB defined any firearm as an assault weapon if it had a detachable magazine and at least two other certain characteristics.
A hunting rifle in.30 calibre is a lot more powerful than a .223/5.56, and some hunting rifles have magazines with 5 to 10 rounds. .223 calibre guns are banned for hunting in most states because they are not powerful enough to kill an animal humanely.
In california, you can only have any gun with a maximum of 10 rounds per magazine. With an AR15, one can't easily release the magazine with the magazine release. You need a tool to use and push the magazine release, and most people use the tip of an ammo, hence they call it "bullet button". California has even gone further last year, they say you can only release the magazine by disassembling the bottom half of an Ar15. And you can only buy ammunition in a store with a background check (just like purchasing a gun), and you can't buy in bulk too...
The wait times are stupid rules. Even suppressors (regulators in UK I think) are NFA items that needs a stamp and $200 fee and a minimum 6 months wait time. While in UK, you can make your own I think because it is not a gun
This assumes that the law abiding US citizen wishes to purchase his/her state of the art killing machine from a dealer.
In the US, it is very easy to purchase from a private seller without any of these checks taking place, and it is perfectly legal.
Even at gun shows, you can have private sellers displaying their wares next to official dealers. The only difference is that one sale will involve lots of paperwork and the other is "no questions asked".
http://money.cnn.com/2015/06/19/news/guns-background-checks/index.html
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That is not TOTALLY true. Any sane seller and/or buyer knows that they can only sell/buy at a gun show if the seller/buyer are legally both from the same state, and they need to show a valid ID before the transaction. So Californians cannot buy/sell to Arizona residents/vice versa. But the dodgy people do so anyway... in short, the strict regulations only restricts the law abiding, but not the criminals. .
Based on your statement, I can just assume that majority of people who are so against guns, are the ones who have never even operated one. Just like my sister's husband, a lawyer who is so anti gun (but he defends convicted felons against death penalty). When I asked him what guns he has used, he said, he actually has never touched any gun his whole life and he will never touch one "because guns are deadly". When I asked him why he labels these guns killing machines and deadly, like you mentioned in your reply, he said, because there is "intent" to kill or use these weapons as killing tools and it has the capacity to kill en mass. Well I have no intention of killing people with my guns. And I asked him if he wants to ban planes too because planes have the capacity to kill lots on people in a blink of an eye... he resorted to name calling...
Bearing in mind the damage which has been caused by the hurricanes in the West Indies, surrounding islands and Florida, and the looting which has taken place following the devastation, this is the NRA's reaction to US troops confiscating US citizens weapons in the US Virgin Islands.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...rs-national-guard-to-seize-americans-firearms
And the state said they need the guns and ammunition for the coming hurricane ???
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Yeah it's just nuts weapons that can kill 100s of people can be essentially bought of Gumtree. And the supposed holier than thou yanks refuse to even plug that insane loophole. I assume it's all about not infringing the rights of the criminals.
As with individual internet sales, the seller will need go to a FFL dealer and have them send the gun to the buyer's FFL dealer to do the check...
