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Criteria of an assault weapon
Under the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 the definition of "semiautomatic assault weapon" included specific semi-automatic firearm models by name, and other semi-automatic firearms that possessed two or more from a set certain features:
Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:
Folding or telescoping stock
Pistol grip
Bayonet mount
Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
Grenade launcher mount
Semi-automatic pistols with detachable magazines and two or more of the following:
Magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip
Threaded barrel to attach barrel extender, flash suppressor, handgrip, or suppressor
Barrel shroud safety feature that prevents burns to the operator
Unloaded weight of 50 oz (1.4 kg) or more
A semi-automatic version of a fully automatic firearm.
Semi-automatic shotguns with two or more of the following:
Folding or telescoping stock
Pistol grip
Detachable magazine.
The ban defined the following semi-automatic firearms, as well as any copies or duplicates of them in any caliber, as assault weapons:
Name of firearm - Preban federal legal status
Norinco, Mitchell, and Poly Technologies Avtomat Kalashnikovs (AKs) (all models) - Imports banned in 1989*
Action Arms Israeli Military Industries UZI and Galil - Imports banned in 1989*
Beretta AR-70 (SC-70) - Imports banned in 1989*
Colt AR-15 - Legal
Fabrique National FN/FAL, FN-LAR, FNC - Imports banned in 1989*
SWD (MAC type) M-10, M-11, M11/9, M12 - Legal
Steyr AUG -Imports banned in 1989*
INTRATEC TEC-9, TEC-DC9, TEC-22 - Legal
Revolving cylinder shotguns such as (or similar to) the Street Sweeper and Striker 12 - Legal
Bush's 1989 ban was on the importation of foreign-made, semiautomatic assault rifles deemed not to have "a legitimate sporting use." It did not affect similar but domestically manufactured rifles.[12]
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