Dan Abel wrote:
> In article .com>,
> "Sandi" > wrote:
>
> > Dan Abel wrote:
>
>
> > If I had to use a definition of "assault rifle" I tend to go with
this
> > one: an intermediate-caliber selective-fire rifle, that is, a
weapon
> > which can be fired fully automatically or semi-automatically at the
> > option of the user, using ammunition more powerful than pistol
> > ammunition but not so powerful as a standard rifle cartridges.
> > Furthermore, the term "assault rifle" derives from a translation of
the
> > German term sturmgewehr, the tag given to the intermediate caliber
> > selective-fire weapons previously known as MP 43 and MP 44
> > (maschinenpistole, or submachinegun, of 1943 and 1944).
>
>
> That's a good definition, but not useful to us who live in the land
of
> fruit and nuts (California), or indeed all of the US. Fully
automatic
> guns have been almost impossible to buy legally for a long time.
When
> California passed its ban on assault rifles, they were referring
strictly
> to semi-automatic weapons. Many of these weapons also came as
hunting
> rifles, with the very same action and caliber, and interchangeable
> magazines.
>
Oh..I realize that...about the legality of buying fully automatic
weapons and what the states are calling assault weapons. Too bad the
good legislators of CA and the rest of those United States (and for
that matter, certain Central American countries) don't understand the
definitions of what is and isn't an assault rifle or weapon.

FWIW...Honduras is modeling it's firearms laws on those of the US....so
pretty soon, only the Maras (the gangs) will be armed. Fine, upstanding
citizens have had to register their weapons and have most, if not all
of their semiautomatic weapons confiscated.

And...yipee...last day of school tomorrow...a week's vacation.

OB FOOD....Semana Santa is coming up....Easter Week or Holy Week in
English. That means the stores are going to be brimming with the
nastiest smelling dried salted fish in preparation. This town rolls up
the sidewalks Wednesday night and things don't open back up til
essentially the Monday after Easter. No grocery stores, no markets, a
few convenience places (pulperias) and worst of all....the DRY LAWS go
in effect from 6 a.m. Holy Thursday til late Easter Sunday evening.

Sandi