I just posted where it states restrictions on magazine capacity in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 immediately after discussing the restrictions on assault weapons. You have just selectively cherry picked from the bill without reading it in its entirety. The bill DOES mention restrictions in magazine capacity. Here it is in its entirety with the restrictions on magazine capacity highlighted:
*sigh* You're not getting it...
I'm calling the AWB stupid because of the way it defines "assault weapon" as I explained in
Message 49:
quote:
Calling a gun an "assault weapon" based on aesthetics like the grip, stock, and magazine is completely retarded.
Upon request, I reiterate my point in
Message 133:
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People who know nothing about guns wrote the Assault Weapos Ban. Its based on aesthetics like the grip, stock, and magazine and that's stupid.
To which you reply:
So restricting magazine capacity and ammo/gun stockpiling is stupid.
and then I go:
quote:
It doesn't restrict magazine capacity, its restricts pistols from having magizines that attach outside of the grip.
To which you get into the parts of the bill that don't have anything to do with defining what an "assault weapon" is, that is, what guns are called "assault weapons"... which is what I was talking about.... which is what makes it stupid.
To address the parts you highlighted:
`(C) any semiautomatic rifle that cannot accept a detachable magazine that holds more than 5 rounds of ammunition; or
This is a qualification for an exempltion from classification as an assault weapon. It does not define an assault weapon by magazine size.
If your "assault weapon" cannot hold a mag that holds more than 5 rounds, then it doesn't actually count as an "assault weapon". That doesn't mean that a gun that does hold more than 5 rounds is an "assault weapon".
SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES.
This bans specific types of magazines but doesn't have anything to do with the defining of an "assault weapon".
Do you get it now?
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