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On the recordMarch 22, 1996
I agree 100 percent with the gentleman that it has been a misstatement all along that these are assault weapons. I do not believe that even the opponents of the legislation, the proponents of the ban, would ever think about sending our troops into Bosnia and all around the world with this type of weapon. In every place they go, even in Third-World countries, they are going to be outfought in any firefight because those people have real assault weapons. Those are the automatics. None of these are automatics.
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Harold Volkmer
Democratic · Missouri
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the classification of firearms in relation to military capabilities.

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