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Assault weapons

LC control no.sh 89003259
Topical headingAssault weapons
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See alsoFirearms
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Scope noteHere are entered works on semi-automatic and fully automatic anti-personnel rifles, shotguns, and handguns that are designed primarily for military and law enforcement use.
Found inWork cat.: Assault weapons and accessories in America, 1988.
American Rifleman: April 1989, p. 69 Editorial (discussing bills that define assault rifles for purposes of proposed law as semi-automatic weapons with various qualifications, and certain shotguns)
American Rifleman of Colt Industries: advertisement (included to indicate the lack of differences between M-16 and AR-16)
Washington Post, 5/23/89: p. A7 Advertisement (calling for abolition of "assault weapons" with example of "assault weapon" being a fully automatic MAC-11 submachine gun/machine pistol (definitions vary))
Not found inWeb. 3; Hennepin; Random House