He Didn’t Just Lie About Arizona: Calderon Fibbed About Assault Weapons, Too
‘Real assault weapons are fully automatic machine guns and submachine guns…”
No. “Assault Weapons” is a legal term. In CA, for example, it includes semi-automatic shotguns with detachable magazines, and a lot of versions of the AR15, SKS, and AK series weapons which are completely legal in other states. The term “Assault Weapon” has nothing to do with the capability to fire or be easily modified to fire in a fully automatic mode. In fact, any weapon which can be easily modified to fire as fully automatic is classified as a machine gun and banned under US law, unless it is a pre-ban weapon and registered appropriately under the proper classification with taxes paid.
Assault rifle is the technical term for certain firearms capable of select fire between full and semi-auto fire.
