Rifle semiautomatic

Pedersen Device. An invention of the US arms designer J.D. Pedersen, this was a noteworthy ordnance secret of WWI. It consisted of a receiver unit that could be locked into the receiver of a Springfield or Enfield rifle. Installed, it converted the rifle into a semiautomatic weapon that fired. 30 cal pistol-type cartridges from a 40-round box magazine. To hide its identity, the mechanism was officially listed as the US. 30 cal automatic pistol Model 1918. The system was dropped after the war Ref J. Quick, Dictionary of Weapons and Military Terms , McGraw-Hill, NY (1973), 342... 

Should some types of guns be banned, such as high capacity semiautomatic rifles and pistols, or cheap handguns, or all handguns ... 

Do the semiautomatic rifles and handguns commonly called assault weapons play a significant part in crime Do such weapons have any legitimate uses ... 

In 1989 the city council of Cleveland, Ohio, passed an ordinance banning assault weapons —basically, semiautomatic rifles or shotguns with high-capacity magazines. Harry W. Arnold and others appealed to the courts to overturn this law as being unconstimtional. 

The 1980s introduces deadlier weapons to America s streets, including such semiautomatic pistols as the Clock and Tec-9 and, to a lesser extent, semiautomatic ( assault ) rifles such as the AK-47. Media exposure to such weapons in drug- and gang-related violence helps to spur support for gun control in general and a ban on semiautomatic assault weapons in particular. 

M-16 rifle A fully automatic military assault rifle, similar to a machine gun. This version is generally banned for civilian use. Similar rifles configured for semiautomatic firing are subject to assault weapons regulations. 

Out of Control Australia. The Economist, vol. 341, November 30, 1996, p. 36. Reports on the mass shooting in Hobart, Australia, where 35 people were killed by Martin Bryant with a semiautomatic rifle. In response, there has been a push for tighter gun control, and all Australian states have banned semiautomatic rifles and shotguns. 

The FI is manufd at Lithgow Arsenal, Lithgow, New South Wales and is issued to AMF (Australian Military Forces) to complement the semiautomatic SLR (Self-Loading Rifle)... 

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