The new law banned nearly 60 types of rifles, pistols and shotguns while requiring people who already owned such weapons to register them for $20 each. But the law, critics charge, was unenforceable. Some guns were outlawed while virtually identical firearms remained legal. The confusion over wh...
Military-grade weapons are typically fully automatic or capable of burst-fire, whereas civilian firearms are generally semi-automatic. Are military-grade weapons legal for civilians to purchase? In many countries, military-grade weapons are heavily regulated and often illegal for civilians to purchase ...
Bump stocks are attachments to semi-automatic rifles that speed up their rate of fire. Following the 2017 mass shooting at a music festival in Las Vegas, where the shooter used semi-automatic weapons outfitted with bump stocks, ATF issued a rule finding that a rifle equipped with the device ...
Washington is now the tenth state to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles after Gov. Jay Inslee signed SHB 1240 into law. WASHINGTON - A federal ban on bump stocks previously imposed by former President Donald Trump is heading to the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments on Wed...
You'll find certain states that allow concealed carry for handguns, but not for rifles or shotguns. Additionally, the gun's age, make, model, and size can affect its legal status. Always research your state's specific laws to ensure you're carrying your firearm legally and safely. ...
A threaded-barrel Taurus TX22, a semiautomatic weapon, is considered an assault weapon and illegal to purchase in the state of Illinois. But the Smith & Wesson 500—billed as one of the most powerful revolvers in the world today—is not considered an assault weapon and is legal to own ...
whether you had to press four pounds on the trigger or ten pounds on the trigger is not likely to be a matter that the law will focus upon. Thus, the issue of trigger pull weight of a firearm is very likely going to be not as important as other factors in a legal proceeding in mos...
And that’s when the propaganda morphed from Rosie the Riveter to Suzy Homemaker. This is the part ringing in my ears a week later…the ads that for years promised automatic dishwashing and automated clothes drying to enable working women were all of a sudden ads for intricate recipes that ...
They are issued with pistols and rifles and until recently were allowed to keep them at the end of their years in the military.After a champion skier and her brother were shot dead by an enraged spouse employing his military rifle, stricter rules have been enforced, requiring you to provide...
The white supremacists in the Hawaiian shirts and assault rifles are pretty easy to spot. Well, what about the undercover infiltrators? Here are some things to look for. Groups of people who look out of place because they dress too uniformly, or they’re wearing some type of similar identi...