Assault Rifles: Defined, Explained, Compared, In Under 3 Mins
Channel: Tennessee Farm
Date: 08/12/2015

What is the *legal* definition of assault weapon / rifle?  How is a gun transformed into an assault weapon?  This video is intended to clear up some myths, explain how the laws define assault rifle and explain some of the details that distinguish common language from legal specifications.  The criteria / qualifications / requirements for these arms are largely influenced by the expired 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban and the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act which made these guns illegal.

Firearm is defined in 18 U.S. Code § 921 (a) (3)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2017-title18/pdf/USCODE-2017-title18-partI-chap44-sec921.pdf

Assault rifle defined / assault weapon defined:
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-1994-title18/pdf/USCODE-1994-title18-partI-chap44-sec921.pdf ("semiautomatic assault weapon")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban#Criteria_of_an_assault_weapon

This question is posed following today's supreme court decision to not hear a case debating a ban on assault weapons in Chicago.  
http://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/120715zor_6j37.pdf