Massive assault weapons essays

Massive assault weapons essays Under the Clinton administration, on September 13, 1994, domestic gun manufacturers were required to stop production of semi-automatic assault weapons and ammunition clips holding more than 10 rounds except for military or police use. In 2004, this bill was up for renewal, but the Bush administration immediately shot it down without plans of re-writing it. In April of 2005, the bill was re-written, but never made it to the senate floor. This failure to re-ban assault weapons allows regular citizens to purchase, and in many states, conceal semi-automatic weapons such as Uzis, Galil, SWD-Ms, Tec-9s, and many other extremely dangerous weapons. These weapons serve no practical purpose in America. They were distinctively created for the use of attacking large amounts of people, and causing mass fatalities. Using these weapons for self defense or hunting is completely impractical. At the same time, these weapons have the highest level of street resale, (being bought by one person, and then selling the weapons to another), then any other guns. Although illegal, this practice is widely used, and many weapons end up going to the street gangs. Speculations on why the assault weapons ban was not renewed are varied. The President, and many other conservatives, said that the bill was not written efficiently, but at the same time it kept all assault weapons from being purchased legally. It should be noted that assault weapons bring in high profits for weapons manufacturers, many whom made large contributions to the Bush campaign. Using a combination of images of the assault weapons now made legal, interviews with experts in the field of weaponry, file footage of the President and news stories, interviews with experts and hunters explaining the impracticality of using assault weapons for hunting, and skits (humorous but with a serious point), I plan to show that the releasing of the assault weapons ...