defined a rifle as an “assault weapon” if, in addition to being semiautomatic, it could accept a detachable magazine and had at least two military-style features such as a folding or telescoping stock, a pistol grip, a bayonet mount, a flash suppressor, or a threaded barrel designed to ...
A genuine assault weapon, as opposed to a legal definition, is a hand-held, selective fire weapon, which means it's capable of firing in either an automatic or a semiautomatic mode depending on the position of a selector switch. These kinds of weapons are heavily regulated by the National...
Sexual assault is a crime of violence, often motivated by aggression and rage, with the assailant using sexual contact as a weapon for power and control. Sexual assault can include a range of coercive behaviors ranging from kissing, fondling, and molestation, to rape or attempted rape. For ...
The net result of these bans is guns that are less safe, and law abiding citizens who are less able to defend themselves. These “assault weapon” bans target firearms hardly worthy of the term “assault weapon”, and take safety features such as barrel shrouds out of the hands of law ab...
The association used gun death statistics as an impetus to call for the ban on“the sale and ownership to the public of all assault-type weapons, bump stocks and related devices, high-capacity magazines, and armor-piercing bullets.”Such guns are currently being used to erad...
Firearm injuries are the second leading cause of child and adolescent death in the United States, with homicides currently responsible for 1915, or nearly 60%, of all firearm deaths occurring in the pediatric population. Rates of pediatric firearm homici
"Selective fire capable, all-purpose weapon that is effective at any range." — Category description in Call of Duty: Ghosts. An Assault Rifle is a type of rifle in the Call of Duty series. To date, assault rifles have been featured in every Call of Duty
The finding that the type of weapon is associated with fatality rate provides insight into the nature of homicide. Whether the victim of a serious assault lives or dies is to a large extent a matter of chance, rather than a question of the assailant’s intent. The probability of death is...
A Mixed Methods Exploratory Examination of Victim Injury and Death: Effect of Weapon Type and Victim Resistance during Sexual Assaults by Strangers. . ???aop.label???. doi: 10.1080/15564886.2015.1033580doi:10.1080/15564886.2015.1033580Reid, Joan A....
Speaking of other countries, it is rather interesting that there are some guns on the banned list that can easily be obtained in Canada such asTavor TAR-21. Anyone want to wager what this bill will do to illegal gun running on the northern border of the US?