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Bullet Hoses

Semiautomatic Assault Weapons�What Are They? What's So Bad About Them?

Table of Contents

Ten Key Points about What Assault Weapons Are and Why They Are So Deadly

What Is a Semiautomatic Assault Weapon?

What's So Bad about Semiautomatic Assault Weapons?

The "Father of All Assault Rifles"

Modern Descendants of the STG-44 on America's Streets

The Gun Industry's Lies

Summing Up

Endnotes


This is the full text of the May 2003 Violence Policy Center study Bullet Hoses: Semiautomatic Assault Weapons�What Are They? What's So Bad About Them? For information on how to order a hard copy of this study, please return to the publications page.

 

 

  All contents � 2003 Violence Policy Center

 



The Violence Policy Center is a national non-profit educational foundation that conducts research on violence in America and works to develop violence-reduction policies and proposals. The Center examines the role of firearms in America, conducts research on firearms violence, and explores new ways to decrease firearm-related death and injury.