Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007

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The Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007 was a bill that would have ultimately reenacted the ban on assault weapons by the Clinton Administration in 1994. The bill had some of the same language as was in the 1994 ban, but added many new firearms to the list, including whole categories of self-loading sporting shotguns and rifles, under the rationale that any firearm that is "procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency" is not suitable for "sporting purposes".[1] The proposed ban would have continued the exemption for law enforcement, including police officers who retire. If you're wondering whose fault this farce was, the answer is Carolyn McCarthy.

The bill failed in committee.

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Banned Weapons

The bill listed many firearms by name to be banned from sale. In addition, under the new "sporting purpose" test discussed above, many more firearms were slated to be banned, including:

Rifles

  • Any semiautomatic weapon that has a detachable magazine and any of the following,
    1. A folding or telescopic stock
    2. A threaded barrel
    3. A pistol grip
    4. A forward grip
    5. A barrel shroud
  • Any semiautomatic rifle with a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds with exception to an attached tubular magazine capable of firing only .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.
  • A semiautomatic rifle or shotgun originally designed for military or law enforcement use, or a firearm based on the design of such a firearm, that is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, as determined by the Attorney General. In making the determination, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that a firearm procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency is not particularly suitable for sporting purposes, and a firearm shall not be determined to be particularly suitable for sporting purposes solely because the firearm is suitable for use in a sporting event.

Pistols

Shotguns

References

  1. H.R. 1022--110th Congress (2007): Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007, GovTrack.us (database of federal legislation) Retrieved on Apr 21, 2007

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