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

Endnotes

  1. Chris Bishop (ed.), Guns in Combat (Edison, N.J.: Chartwell Books, 1998): 37.

  2. Ian V. Hogg, Submachine Guns (Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 2001): 7.

  3. David Miller (ed.), The Illustrated Book of Guns (London: Salamander Books Ltd., 2000): 232.

  4. Peter R. Senich, The German Assault Rifle, 1935-1945 (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1987): 1.

  5. Peter R. Senich, The German Assault Rifle, 1935-1945 (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1987): 1.

  6. Chuck Taylor, The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat (Boulder, Paladin Press, 1984), p. 2.

  7. Chuck Taylor, The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1984): 2.

  8. Ian Hogg, Jane's Guns Recognition Guide (Glasgow: Harper Collins Publishers, 2000): 302.

  9. Chuck Taylor, The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1984): 5.

  10. Duncan Long, The Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram, and Intratec Weapons Families (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1989): 104.

  11. Duncan Long, The Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram, and Intratec Weapons Families (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1989): 97.

  12. Chuck Taylor, The Fighting Rifle: A Complete Study of the Rifle in Combat (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1984): 4.

  13. Chris Bishop (ed.), Guns in Combat (Edison, N.J.: Chartwell Books, 1998): 72.

  14. Jack Lewis and David E. Steele, The Gun Digest Book of Assault Weapons, 5th ed. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2000): 75.

  15. Tom Diaz, Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America (New York: The New Press, 1999): 73.

  16. "History and Evolution of the M-16," West Point Parents Club of Georgia Newsletter 13 (March 1999): 8.

  17. Joe Poyer, The M16/AR15 Rifle: A Shooter's and Collector's Guide (Tustin, CA: North Cape Publications, 2000): 13.

  18. Duncan Long, The Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram, and Intratec Weapons Families (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1989): 3-4.

  19. Duncan Long, The Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram, and Intratec Weapons Families (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1989): 44.

  20. Duncan Long, Assault Pistols, Rifles and Submachine Guns (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1986): 1.

  21. See, "How Effective is Automatic Fire?," American Rifleman, May 1980, 30.

  22. Duncan Long, The Terrifying Three: Uzi, Ingram, and Intratec Weapons Families (Boulder, CO: Paladin Press, 1989): 11.

  23. See, e.g., "Calico M-100 rifle," American Rifleman, January 1987, 60, 61 ("the full 100 rounds were sent downrange in 14 seconds by one flicker-fingered tester").

  24. Advertisement, Guns & Ammo, July 1982, 20.

  25. Advertisement, Guns & Ammo, July 1984, 16.

  26. "Handgunner's Glossary," Guns & Ammo, August 1988, 42.

  27. Advertisement, Guns & Ammo, January 1989, 77.

  28. "Partisan Avenger .45 Assault Pistol," Guns & Ammo Handgun Annual, 1989, 26-30.

  29. "H&K's 9mm Para Carbine," Guns & Ammo, November 1983, 44.

  30. "Sites Spectre HC Pistol," American Rifleman, December 1990, 58.

  31. "Steyr Mannlicher SPP Pistol," American Rifleman, August 1993, 70, 72; see also, "Colt's 9mm AR-15," Guns & Ammo, July 1985, 35, 76 ("fired from the hip....about as natural a pointer as you can get.")

  32. See, e.g., Assault Systems advertisements in Guns & Ammo, July 1981, 90 ("assault rifle case"), 92 ("lightweight assault bipod"); Guns & Ammo, November 1983, 101 ("assault rifle cases" and "padded Assault Rifle sling"); Beeman advertisement in Guns & Ammo, December 1982, 14 ("Beeman Short Scopes: New for Assault Rifles to Airguns...Use on assault rifles...."); Ventech Inc. advertisement for "Assault Weapon Accessories" in Guns & Ammo, February 1991, 96 ("Mini-14...10/22...AR-7").

  33. Heckler & Koch advertisement in Guns & Ammo, July 1984, 9.

  34. Heckler & Koch advertisement in Guns & Ammo, June 1984, back cover.

  35. Intratec advertisement, Guns & Ammo, January 1989, 77.

  36. Magnum Research advertisement, Guns & Ammo, November 1982, 59. See also, e.g., advertisement by Paragon S&S Inc. for AR 10, Guns & Ammo, July 1981, 90 ("Used world wide by military and LAW ENFORCEMENT officers. This famous assault rifle is now available in a semi-auto form!")

  37. "Calico M-100 rifle," American Rifleman, January 1987, 60, 61.

  38. "H&K's 9mm Para Carbine," Guns & Ammo, November 1983, 44.

  39. "A.A. Arms AP9 Assault Pistol," Guns & Ammo Handgun Annual, 1989, 48, 51.

  40. "Colt's 9mm AR-15," Guns & Ammo, July 1985, 35, 76.

  41. "H&K's 9 mm Para Carbine," Guns & Ammo, November 1983, 42.

  42. CA Inc. advertisement, Guns & Ammo, March 1981, 92.



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