Assault weapons is a nebulous term so that Democrats can manage to slowly encroach on rights

Yep

Even in the original AWB it banned stuff like the tec 9 and street sweeper shotgun

And in washington state I1639 redefines all semi auto rifles as "semi automatic assault rifles"

Yes, even 10/22s

In Australia our gun ban is overstated heavily by American media

It is, the buyback didnt even confiscate half of australia's guns and now australia has more guns than they did before the buyback

It also didn't have a significant impact on homicides or suicides afaik

I imagine there's a lot of "mysterious" trips to the outback with lots of brass and lead

People like to focus on gun deaths though, "look guys, banning guns lowered gun deaths", but overall deaths remain unchanged

Well people who want to kill themselves will do it another way obviously

The idea that you need to ban guns to stop people from choosing to take their own lives is incredibly insulting

You can still get a weapon if you wanted to go that way, you just need a reason like hunting

they recently banned a bolt action ar upper in straya

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/australia-bans-bolt-action-rifle-because-of-its-scary-appearance

I mean...

maybe it could've been mistake for something a lot deadlier

and fearmongering.

sure, it's bullshit, but understandable.

australia also had a panic over lever action shotguns recently

pretty sure they put them in the most restrictive category

wait there are lever action shotguns?

I only know a very actual specific types of firearms. I'm not an expert on anything, but I'm not a fucking moron.

Yeah there's the winchester 1887, that's an older design but newer designs were made for australia
asutralia put pump shotguns in a pretty restricted category, but lever action ones weren't. So in australia lever action shotguns were pretty popular as a result, but then they got pushed to the most restricted category(i believe worse than pump action)

Ah, I see.

that's probably why I've never heard of them. pump and semi-auto are more common here

My father has a 20 gauge pump and a 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun.

they're like, antiques with how old they are though, and they work perfectly fucking fine.

Yeah I own a mosin nagant carbine manufactured in 1942 and it holds up well, only issue was the stock had a crack on it but i glued it and the stock doesnt impact functionality

Ah.

are guns just like, built really shitty these days or something?

As long as guns are maintained and stored well, with wearable parts replaced every so often(springs, magazine, etc) they can last a very long time

like in their durability?

Nah, depends on the company

for example remington got bought out and since then they've been putting poor finishes on their guns and have a tendency to rust

We did have lever action shotguns banned, as they deemed the fire rate contrary to legislation

oh dear.

mossberg is a very good alternative to remington though

they still make good guns

soon you'll only have break action with a lock that you have to use a key to open it

I may be tough with my beliefs, but I don't think an out right ban is a good thing either.