Article: News focus: Assault weapons

Article: Federal Court Confirms That Colt "Sporter" Is An ...
U.S. Newswire;  June 22, 1992 ;     427 words ... ... Columbus, Ohio, law banning semi-automatic assault weapons such as the AK-47 and the UZI. The court also ruled that the Colt "Sporter" rifle is a prohibited assault rifle. This marks the fifth time the NRA has lost suits attempting to overturn laws outlawing ...

Article: Legal shoot-out in Connecticut over Sporter "look-alikes." ...
Shooting Industry;  December 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... neglected to say is that the phrase "or similar types (of guns)" was removed from the bill before enactment. Thus, the Colt Sporter, manufactured in Connecticut, is banned because it is listed, however the other rifles of similar design are being advertised ...

Article: Illinois State Senate Passes Bi-Partisan Legislation to Prohibit ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 10, 2007 ;     511 words ... ... future sale and possession of high-capacity magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ... Violence. "Firearms that accept high capacity magazines have been used in several of our ... There is no question that high capacity magazines were a major reason why so many innocent ...

Article: Victims and Experts Speak Out Against High-Capacity ...
U.S. Newswire;  May 22, 2007 ;     513 words ... ... will be available to comment on gun violence using high-capacity magazines and on SB 1007, which is scheduled for a hearing before ... used by Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho. High-capacity magazines were illegal under Federal law from 1994 until 2004 ...

Article: For Weapons Dealers, Ban Was 'Big Nothing'; Some Backers Agree ...
The Washington Post;  September 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... bayonet attachments, certain kinds of grips and high-capacity magazines. But there was a time lag before the law took effect ... out in a new version, also a semiautomatic, called the Colt Sporter. "Same gun, apart from cosmetics," said Taepke, who ...

Article: Feinstein Seeks to Ban High-Capacity Magazines.
San Francisco Chronicle;  March 31, 1998 ;     444 words ...Responding to concerns rising from the Jonesboro, Ark., killings, Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and a group of Democratic and Republican legislators will file a bill today that would ban the sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines and plug a major loophole in the federal assault weapons

Article: DEGETTE TRIES TO FORCE GUN BILL VOTE DRIVE STARTS AFTER ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  July 21, 1999 ;     480 words ...Byline: News Staff U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette on Tuesday launched a petition drive to force a vote on her measure to ban importation of large-capacity ammunition magazines. Such a magazine was used in the Columbine High School shootings April 20. A procedural move knocked her measure out of