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In reply to the discussion: If a pressure cooker bomb is a WMD, why does that not apply to rifles like AR-15 [View all]Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)Bombs can throw a lot of shrapnel and kill many people. But bullets are the AR-15's shrapnel which kill many people. You could say, bombs use a lot of powder. But then so do a lot of bullets when added up. So I don't know this answer. Maybe our representatives do?
"The term destructive device shall not include any device which is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon; any device, although originally designed for use as a weapon, which is redesigned for use as a signaling, pyrotechnic, line throwing, safety, or similar device; surplus ordnance sold, loaned, or given by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to the provisions of section 4684 (2), 4685, or 4686 of title 10; or any other device which the Attorney General finds is not likely to be used as a weapon, is an antique, or is a rifle which the owner intends to use solely for sporting, recreational or cultural purposes."
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/921