They seem to be upset that even after Calderon’s speech before Congress, that Obama still doesn’t want to touch the assault weapons issue. There’s a great irony, also, in the photo Mother Jones chose for their article. The rifle appearing is a South Korean assault rifle made by Daewoo, which has never been lawful to import into the United States for civilian use. There is a semi-automatic variant called the DR-200, but they were made illegal for importation into the United States in 1997 because they were determined to be non-sporting under the Gun Control Act of 1968. There are very few of those in the country. Obama hasn’t reversed that determination. If you’re going to pick a firearm to illustrate the point that Obama won’t ban assault weapons, it’s probably best not to pick one that’s already banned, and still banned.
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Those Daewoo rifles look really neat if you ask me. I could be wrong about this, but the Daewoo looks like it uses the same exact lower receiver as the M-16/AR-15/M4 type rifles.
Nope… it’s a different lower if you look at it.
There were some Daewoo K1 and K2s imported before the Bush 41 import ban in ’89. Not many, but a few which today if you can find one commands big bucks ala the products of the “You Suck and We Hate You” brand.
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Well, that’s what happens when someone who knows nothing about guns goes to Flickr and just does a search for “assault weapon”–they assume that any results they get are exactly what they are talking about.
I have one of those Daewoos. Basically a cross breed between an AK and AR. Even takes AR mags.
Love it.