Originally posted by azn_redneck
Sorry, it's a common mistake (isn't it?).
Yes, it is.
The problem is, when more people refer to them as "assault rifles," more people start to believe it. That makes it much harder to teach people that there is a difference between an AK-47 select fire assault rifle and a chinese copy MAK-90 semi-automatic carbine. The civilian MAK-90 is very different then a true military AK.
Box and drum type magazines with a capacity of over 10 rounds are banned in CA, AFAIK.
A perfect example of brainwashing by repitition is the use of the term "clip" instead of "magazine." People who are well informed on the subject will alway refer to stacked ammunition box-type feeding devices as magazines and Mannlicher type bent metal clips and stripper clips as, you guessed it, clips. Anyone who says an AK, AR, FAL, etc. feeds from a clip should not even be allowed to speak about them because they obviously have no idea what they are talking about. The easy way to remember the difference: Clips feed magazines, magazines feed rifles (or pistols, or what have you.)
But, alas, we live in a free country, where people are allowed to speak of and vote to ban stuff they know nothing about while the people who know better don't have the power to stop them.
Apparently, violent crime is prevented if law abiding citizens aren't allowed to own such firearms.
Did you know that Sen. Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Schumer (D-NY), the two biggest supporters of the '94 ban, both regard the NRA as an extremist organization? They think reponsible gun owners are terrorists.
As for guns killing people... I have yet to see my Intrac Mk.II (AK-74 clone), or any of my other 14 rifles, jump out of their cabinet and spontaniously shoot someone.
Man, I'm just rolling out these long posts tonight...