New Assault Weapon Manufacturer - Vulcan Armament - Brags 'The Guns of the Speci
Posted by: Admin on Thursday, May 20, 2004 - 08:14 AM |
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Minnesota Gunmaker Offers Widest Range of 'Copycat' Assault Weapons -
Including AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, and MP5s - of Any
Manufacturer in America, Illustrates Need to
Strengthen Federal Assault Weapons Ban
WASHINGTON, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- A Minnesota gunmaker, Vulcan Armament,
Inc. of Inver Grove Heights (http://www.vulcanarmament.com), offers the widest range
of new "copycat" assault weapon models of any firearms manufacturer in
America, the Violence Policy Center (VPC) reported today.
The company's 2004 catalog promises civilian buyers "the world's finest
battle rifles" and states that "from Panama to Afghanistan to Iraq, the guns
of the special forces are now on sale in America!" Labeling its product line
the "arsenal of freedom," its catalog boasts "the world's finest battle rifles
now available in civilian legal semi auto!" Assault weapons featured in the
catalog include semiautomatic AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, and MP5s. (For
selected graphics taken from the catalog please visit the VPC's web site at
http://www.vpc.org.)
Virtually all of the weapons are banned by name in the 1994 federalassault weapons ban. The law is scheduled to expire on September 13, 2004.Gunmakers have easily evaded the law by making slight, cosmetic changes tobanned guns and continued their sale unimpeded. These "copycat" guns -- whichare virtually indistinguishable from their banned counterparts and possess thesame firepower -- will be unaffected if the assault weapons ban is merelyrenewed.Kristen Rand, VPC legislative director states, "Americans mistakenlybelieve that assault weapons are banned. They aren't. To actually banassault weapons, the 1994 law must be significantly strengthened, not justrenewed. Vulcan Armament's extensive line of `special forces' weapons is justthe latest proof."http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-19-2004/0002177702&EDATE==
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