Thursday, September 23, 2004

State assault weapons ban?

PDX City Council wants state assault weapons ban
The Portland City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to urge the Oregon Legislature to adopt a statewide assault weapons ban to replace a federal law that expired last week.
The 19 named assault-style firearms banned under a 1994 federal law that expired earlier this month:
• AK-47 and all models of the Norinco, Mitchell and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs, designed in the former Soviet Union.
• Uzi and Galil, both made by Action Arms Israeli Military Industries.
• TEC-9, TEC-22 and TEC-DC9, manufactured by Intratec.
• SWD M-10, M-11, M-11-9 and M-12. Based on the design of the MAC-10, their full-automatic cousin, these assault pistols are designed to fire many bullets over a wide area in seconds.
• Street Sweeper and Striker 12 and other revolving cylinder semiautomatic shotguns.
• Beretta AR-70 and SC-70, used by armed forces in a number of countries including Italy, Jordan and Malaysia.
• Colt AR-15, the civilian version of the M-16 rifle that is the U.S. military's standard-issue rifle.
• Several weapons manufactured by Fabrique Nationale, the FN-FAL, FN-LAR and FNC. The guns are used by the armed forces of more than 90 countries.
• Steyr AUG, a rifle made in Germany.

I can't see the argument to keep these weapons legal for any person who wants to have one... anytime, anywhere.

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