Michigan Democrats Push Strict Semiautomatic Rifle Ban in LegislatureMichigan Democrats are pushing a new bill in the state legislature that would make illegal the “manufacturing, possession, purchase and sale” of certain semiautomatic rifles.
These restrictions will be enforced in the state of Michigan if House Bill No. 6544, recently introduced by a Democrat, State Rep. Jeffrey Peppers, passes.
The bill, which was introduced on Dec. 1, would effectively ban semiautomatic rifles and identify them as so-called “assault weapons ” a day after the anniversary of last year’s Oxford High School shooting.
The proposed bill defines an “assault weapon” as a semiautomatic rifle with the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the following characteristics—a pistol grip or thumbhole stock, any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand, a folding or telescoping stock, has a shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles the barrel and that permits the shooter to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel....
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