DaHuuuuuudge said:
I live in Washington state, and at my local outdoors store you can buy M4s, Aks, and a whole plethora of other fully automatic assault rifles. |
Check again. They probably aren't full auto. You need a special permit that costs a lot to get full auto. Contrary to popular belief the guns you're talking about come mostly in semi-auto for civilians. Those AK-47s you saw probably can't even be modified into full auto without a machine shop to mill it out and the parts needed to make it full auto aren't something you can buy at a local gun store or show.
Semi-Auto does not equal "Assault Weapon"
Shotguns for competition and duck hunting come in Semi-Auto models and so do hunting rifles for deer, elk, ect.
Full auto means you hold the trigger down to empty the magazine. Semi-Auto means you can only fire as fast as your finger can pull and release and repeat.