Assault weapons activity

Farrell, Lawrence R, Jr. Assault on the Small Arms Industrial Base. National Defeme, vol. 86, February 2002, p. 4. Suggests that gun control efforts or lawsuits that directly or indirectly target small arms manufacturers threaten the supply of weapons to the military. A case in point has been recent efforts to ban the. 50 caliber sniper rifle, even though this type of weapon has not been linked to criminal activity. 

Faced with the widespread use of firearms in criminal activity, law enforcement officers have long sought an effective method to determine if an individual has recently handled or fired a weapon. A test of this type is obviously valuable in the investigation of alleged suicides, homicides, armed assaults and other violations involving the use of firearms. 

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