Editing Assault weapon (section)

===Defunct U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban===
{{Main|Federal Assault Weapons Ban}}
The Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, more commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, expired in 2004. It banned the manufacture or importation of certain semi-automatic firearms that it defined as "semiautomatic assault weapons", commonly known as assault weapons. Any firearms so defined that were already possessed at the time the law took effect were grandfathered in, and could be legally owned or transferred. Another aspect of the law banned the manufacture or importation of magazines that could hold more than ten rounds of ammunition, with existing magazines grandfathered in as legal.<ref name=FedBan94/>

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 defined certain firearms as assault weapons based on the features they possessed. This included semi-automatic rifles with a detachable magazine and at least two of these features: a pistol grip, a folding or telescoping stock, a flash suppressor or threaded barrel, a bayonet mount, or a muzzle-mounted grenade launcher. It included semi-automatic pistols with a detachable magazine and at least two of these features: a magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip, a threaded barrel, a [[barrel shroud]], or an unloaded weight of 50 ounces or more. Additionally defined as assault weapons were semi-automatic shotguns with a rotating cylinder, or with at least two of these features: a pistol grip, a folding or telescoping stock, a detachable magazine, or a fixed magazine that can hold more than five rounds.<ref name=Koerner040916>{{cite news |last=Koerner |first=Brendan |date=September 16, 2004 |title=What Is an Assault Weapon? At last, you can get a semiautomatic rifle with a bayonet |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2004/09/what_is_an_assault_weapon.html |work=Slate |access-date=January 26, 2013 }}</ref><ref name=FedBan94/>

The ban also prohibited 19 specifically named models of firearms, as well as copies of those guns. These included the AK-47, [[Uzi]], [[IMI Galil|Galil]], AR-15, [[FN FAL]], [[MAC-10]], [[Steyr AUG]], [[TEC-9]], and [[Armsel Striker]].<ref name=Koerner040916/><ref name=FedBan94/>

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File:Ruger 10-22 (2).JPG|This [[Ruger 10/22]] rifle with a pistol grip and a folding stock was classified as an assault weapon under the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
File:kg99.jpg|An Intratec [[TEC-DC9]] with a 32-round magazine. This semi-automatic pistol has a threaded barrel and a magazine that attaches outside the pistol grip, two of the features listed in the Federal Assault Weapons Ban.
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