Assault Rifles??? Let's agree to disagree
By Gregory Kielma
How many guns would a full assault rifle ban get off American streets? What % of Guns?
How many guns would a full assault rifle ban get off American streets? What % of Guns?
Gregg Kielma
None.
An assault rifle is a selective fire (switchable between full auto and semi-auto) rifle in an intermediate caliber.
The M16 is an assault rifle. The military has loads of them. Private citizens do not.
The number of legally privately owned assault rifles (Class III under the National Firearms Act of 1934, and the registry was closed to new weapons in 1986.) is rather small. It takes an extensive background check and a $200 tax to be able to own one. In addition to the background check and the tax stamp, the scarcity of legal ones means you’ll be paying at least $20,000 to own one.
There are approximately zero legally owned assault rifles on the streets at any given time.
You'd get it… 0 guns. Or if you need a percentage, 0%. Assault rifles aren't on the streets, they're in collections. And if they're not in collections, the government doesn't know about them, so the ban wouldn't get those either.