assault weapons

In 1989, the George H.W. Bush administration banned the importation of foreign-made, semiautomatic rifles deemed not to have "a legitimate sporting use." It did not affect domestically manufactured rifles of the same type.
FBI stats 2022
(personal weapons defined as hands, fists, and feet)
Number of killings
Rifles of any type       541
Personal weapons      665
Knives                      1,630
According to a group seeking to curtail the Second Amendment, semi-automatic military-style weapons that were formerly regulated under federal law are now legal unless banned by state or local law. By linking them, I am being fair.
https://giffords.org/lawcenter/gun-laws/policy-areas/hardware-ammunition/assault-weapons/#:~:text=Thus%2C%20semi%2Dautomatic%2C%20military,by%20state%20or%20local%20law.
U.S. Constitution, Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
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