From the other thread
Food for thought
Nothing but nonsense by people who don't know anything about guns.Because the only thing the Brady assault weapons ban do was ban firearms by cosmetic features and name only. It also did not effect so called high capacity magazines because those manufactured before the ban were grandfathered in. Ak-47s became Norinco MAK-90 rifles, Tech- 22 pistols became Sport 22 pistols while Colt AR15 Sporter rifles became Colt Match Target rifles with only a few cosmetic changes. So any any drop in crime is not related to the brady assault weapons ban.
From the 60 minutes special
What Assault Weapons Ban?
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Stahl [voiceover]: To make sure that supply remains
endless, some gun distributors have come up with a
creative strategy. They're trying to get old pre-ban
magazines back from_cops_to be resold to the public,
because the law applies to_all_magazines, including those
for pistols. [cut to photo of gun-swap flyer] The flyer
sent to police chiefs offers to make an even swap: brand
new pistols and magazines in exchange for the police
departments' used ones.
[cut to Louisville, KY police chief Doug Hamilton's
office]
Doug Hamilton: At first, of course, it seems to
violate the first law of fraud, you know "if it sounds
too good to be true, it probably is"... (laughs)
Stahl [voiceover]: Doug Hamilton is the police chief
in Louisville, Kentucky. He got the swap offer from his
local distributor, Kiesler Police Supply.
Stahl [interviewing Hamilton]: They were trying to
get around this_ban_because they could sell_your_gun...
Hamilton: They could sell our weapon...
Stahl: ...with the 15 rounds...
Hamilton: ...and they could sell our magazine, out on
the street, retail over the counter, and it was strictly,
like I say, legal.
Stahl [voiceover, footage of police on indoor firing
range]: Legal because the law says that new magazines
that hold more than ten bullets can be made_only_if
they're sold to law enforcement, while the others can be
sold to anyone. That's why gun dealers are so eager to
get the old 15, 17 or 20 round clips back from the
police.
snip...
Stahl [voiceover]: Senator Feinstein thought she had
figured out a way to stop another problem. She wrote
something called a "physical features" test into the law,
designed to keep gun makers from turning their banned
guns into legal ones by making just a few minor changes.
The law bans any new gun that has two or more of the
these military-style features: [closeup of hand pointing
out features on gun show table] a pistol grip, a folding
stock, a bayonet mount, a flash supressor, or a grenade
launcher.
Feinstein: It also, in its physical features test, is
aimed at copycats, and one of the things that we found
was if you just_ban_19 specific weapons, suddenly
the_name_changes, and instead of an AK-47 you have a
Mitchell this, or a Norinco that. And to a great extent
we get at this.
Stahl [voiceover, footage of Norinco MAK-90 rifle]:
But once agian, the ban has backfired. Five months after
it took effect, the copycats are_already_out. [cut to
photo graphics] This is the TEC-22, banned by the
assault weapons bill. This is the new Sport 22 from the
same manufacturer. The only difference? The new gun has
no threads on the barrel. [return to footage of the MAK-
90] The ban_specifically_outlaws the AK-47, but it
doesn't do anything about the_M_AK-90.
Stahl [interviewing unidentified dealer at Miami gun
show about the MAK-90]: Isn't this exactly the same gun
as the AK-47?
Dealer: It's very similar.
Stahl: What's different? Can you show me?
Dealer: It's got a thumbhole stock, which is
necessary for importation, and it does not have a
bayonet.
Stahl [pointing]: No bayonet, which would have gone
here...
Dealer [pointing]: Which would have gone here.
Stahl: And, it's just a different grip, really...
Dealer: Exactly.
snip..
Stahl [voiceover, footage of Colt AR-15 Sporter]: No
question, Colt's Sporter rifle looks menacing. It failed
the features test because it has both a pistol grip, and
a flash supressor on the end of the barrel. [cut to
photo of Colt Match Target brochure] They can't legally
make it anymore. So now they make the Match Target. Can
you tell the difference? No flash supressor on the
end...
