{"content":[{"text":"NSSF® FAST FACTS","bbox":{"left":0.059201,"top":0.047723,"width":0.19895799999999997,"height":0.025843000000000005}},{"text":"BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON \n SO-CALLED “ASSAULT WEAPONS”","bbox":{"left":0.424598,"top":0.083611,"width":0.5184960000000001,"height":0.06722199999999999}},{"text":"The term “Assault Weapon”, \n coined in the 1980’s in an effort \n to ban semiautomatic rifles, has \n arguably become one of the most \n successful antigun public relations \n tools in modern history. The term \n “assault weapon” is now broadly \n used by antigun activists to describe \n any and all semiautomatic firearms \n as taboo and undesirable for private \n civilian ownership, despite being \n legally owned and used by millions \n of Americans. Antigun politicians \n and misinformed media have \n perpetuated this erroneous moniker \n for decades to drive public opinion \n of semiautomatic firearms into the \n gutter. As a result, many think that \n a semiautomatic firearm is a so- \n called “assault weapon” based on \n its cosmetic features or assume that \n the firearm is in fact a fully automatic \n machine gun. \n What has incorrectly been \n termed an “assault weapon” is a \n semi-automatic firearm that fires \n just one bullet with each pull of the \n trigger (versus a fully automatic \n firearm — machine gun — which \n continues to shoot until the trigger \n is released). Specifically, legislation \n has incorrectly defined an “assault \n weapon” as a semi-automatic \n firearm that can accept a detachable \n magazine and has one or more of \n the following cosmetic features \n (it is these cosmetic features that","bbox":{"left":0.058824,"top":0.166623,"width":0.273943,"height":0.6322500000000001}},{"text":"“The public’s confusion over fully-automatic machine \n guns versus semi-automatic assault weapons — anything \n that looks like a machine gun is presumed to be a \n machine gun — can only increase the chance of public \n support for restrictions on these weapons.”","bbox":{"left":0.402298,"top":0.305609,"width":0.518942,"height":0.09285899999999997}},{"text":"distinguish the firearm from other \n “non-assault weapons.”): \n • A folding or telescoping stock \n • A pistol grip \n • A bayonet mount \n • A flash suppressor, or threads \n to attach one \n • A grenade launcher \n None of these features figure \n into the criminal misuse of firearms, \n regardless of their appearance.","bbox":{"left":0.359804,"top":0.420411,"width":0.26809800000000006,"height":0.21747700000000003}},{"text":"severely restricted from civilian \n ownership under the 1934 National \n Firearms Act. A so-called “assault \n weapon” is functionally no different \n than any other “legal” firearm. These \n guns fire in the same manner as \n any other semi-automatic firearm \n (one shot per trigger pull — no \n spray firing), they shoot the same \n ammunition as other guns of the \n same caliber and are no more \n powerful. What differentiates a so- \n called “assault weapon” from other \n guns is cosmetic; for example, the \n type of stock on the gun, which \n makes the conventionally operating \n firearm look more like a military \n firearm. \n The gun-ban lobby understands \n that the confusion over what is and \n what is not an “assault weapon” \n only benefits them. Consider this \n statement from Josh Sugarmann of \n the Violence Policy Center: \n “The public’s confusion over \n fully-automatic machine guns versus","bbox":{"left":0.660784,"top":0.420411,"width":0.27444199999999996,"height":0.4447500000000001}},{"text":"SEPARATING FACT FROM \n FICTION \n There is a tremendous amount \n of misinformation surrounding \n the issue of so-called “assault \n weapons.” Below are several of \n the more misleading allegations \n related to these firearms followed by \n corresponding statements of fact:","bbox":{"left":0.359804,"top":0.653365,"width":0.274767,"height":0.15497800000000006}},{"text":"Claim: A commercially-sold “assault \n weapon” is a machine gun and has \n no place in civilian hands.","bbox":{"left":0.359804,"top":0.82382,"width":0.27715200000000006,"height":0.05327499999999996}},{"text":"continued","bbox":{"left":0.809695,"top":0.876351,"width":0.07152000000000003,"height":0.01772700000000005}},{"text":"Fact: A so-called “assault weapon” \n is NOT a machine gun or automatic \n firearm. Automatic firearms were","bbox":{"left":0.359804,"top":0.892002,"width":0.26493599999999995,"height":0.05270500000000011}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.352941,"top":0.168699,"width":0.603751,"height":0.120522},{"left":0.057055,"top":0.811449,"width":0.269743,"height":0.143097}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.352941,"top":0.168699,"width":0.603751,"height":0.120522},{"left":0.057055,"top":0.811449,"width":0.269743,"height":0.143097}]}