"Ask the Rabbi" by R. Mermelstein
QUESTION: Dear Rabbi
Mermelstein:
What is the difference between a so-called semi-automatic assualt rifle and a semi-automatic deer rifle?
And what will the communist governor of California, Gray Davis be after next?
Andy
11 Nov 2000
ANSWER: Dear Sir,
The term "assault rifle" was coined by the Germans: Sturmgewehr.
Mechanically there is no significant difference between those evil
looking black guns with flash suppressers and bayonet lugs to the
Remington Model 8, introduced for the sport hunting market nearly a
century ago. Each rifle is self loading, using either recoil or gas to
actuate the action to fire one round each time the trigger is pulled.
The modern Remington Model 7400 works essentially on the same gas
operated action design as the M-16/AR-15 rifle. Both are box magazine
fed. To the state of California, et al, the Remington 7400 is
acceptable, for the time being, since it doesn't have a protruding
pistol grip. If you can figure out the logic behind one being banned
and the other legal to purchase and use for hunting, please write back.
I haven't a clue. What will CA Gov. Davis and his Attorney General ban
next? Stay tuned, and see http://www.gunownersalliance.com/Rabbi_0205.htm
Sincerely,
R. Mermelstein
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