![]() ![]() Furthermore, they argue that the characteristics used to differentiate banned firearms from nonbanned semiautomatic weapons are cosmetic and do not make them more deadly than similar weapons without those features. Those in the gun industry refer to many of these firearms as modern sporting rifles, contending that assault rifle applies only to fully automatic weapons used by militaries (National Shooting Sports Foundation, undated). In state and federal gun laws, it generally refers to specific semiautomatic firearm models that are designed to fire a high volume of ammunition in a controlled way or that have specified design features, such as folding stocks or pistol grips (for differences in definitions across states, see the state implementation section on this page). The term assault weapon is controversial. ![]()
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