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[-] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social -1 points 1 year ago

Then the headline is wrong because semi-auto firearms are not federally defined as assault weapons.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

They're operating off of the CA definition in the headline.

To the best of my knowledge the only federal definition of the phrase 'assault weapon' came from the 1994 ban which ceased in 2004. And that targeted semiautomatic guns too as it was based off of California's.

[-] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the correction. I am dumb

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

No problem, we all have our moments.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

They just like fucking with definitions.

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