Lax gun laws in Indiana fuel gun violence in Chicago

The weapon in the picture is not an assault rifle.

LTC (Join to see) - Roger, good catch, no bayonet lug, still this type weapon or any long rifle/ carbine seldom show up in the violence inflicted in Chicago which was the real point in the thread and the press's tendency to depict "black rifles" in correlation to violence..

CSM Richard StCyr - Honestly, I was not even looking for a bayonet lug, although that would not really have any bearing. I don't know for a fact, and am merely guessing from the pictures background, but I would be willing to bet that none of those rifles are selective fire, which means they are not assault rifles. I think what you meant to say was assault weapons, which is a term made up by politicians to scare people. And, in the case of the rifles pictures, the absence of a bayonet lug would still not be important because two other criteria for an assault weapon are present, a collapsible stock and a pistol grip (two of four items are required, at least under the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban). Either way, I was just bustin' your balls...I know exactly what you meant. The media loves to stoke the fires of fear by making people believe that black rifles are to blame for gun violence, especially when they are used for a very small portion of all firearms related crime.

LTC (Join to see) - no problem, keeps honest folks honest.