Justice Department Rules that Semi-Auto Rifles are Not Military Weapons

Just recently the Second Amendment Foundation won its lawsuit regarding the printing of 3D guns and the distribution of the plans on how to create these firearms.

While the victory of the lawsuit was important regarding free speech and the private manufacture of firearms, I was more elated on what the Justice Department stated in the final decision regarding semi-automatic rifles.

"In a press release, the Second Amendment Foundation notes its favorite aspect of the settlement:

Significantly, the government expressly acknowledges that non-automatic firearms up to .50-caliber—including modern semi-auto sporting rifles such as the popular AR-15 and similar firearms—are not inherently military.

"Not only is this a First Amendment victory for free speech, it also is a devastating blow to the gun prohibition lobby," noted SAF founder and Executive Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. "For years, anti-gunners have contended that modern semi-automatic sport-utility rifles are so-called 'weapons of war,' and with this settlement, the government has acknowledged they are nothing of the sort."

The mantra of the gun grabbers has been that ARs and AKs are "assault" rifles and the "weapons of war." Well, in this decision according to the Feds any semi-automatic rifle that is under .50 caliber is NOT a military rifle.

The gun grabbers are going crazy over this and their leftist news media allies have tried to keep it quiet.

https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/10/t...ody-wilsons-de

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/...-gun-printing/

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Justice Department Rules that Semi-Auto Rifles are Not Military Weapons