{"id":166829,"date":"2022-07-26T15:17:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T19:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=166829"},"modified":"2022-07-26T15:17:36","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T08:32:23","slug":"watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a &#8216;Weapon of War&#8217; Actually Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Let Me Finish, Let Me Finish!&#039;: Greg Steube Has Tense Exchange With Democrats Over Gun Control Bill\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/otGggZERmb4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week the House Judiciary Committee advanced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/assault-weapons-ban-on-the-move-in-u-s-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is\" title=\"WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a 'Weapon of War' Actually Is\">legislation to ban so-called &#8220;assault weapons.&#8221;<\/a>  During the hearing on the bill, Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) tried to explain to his Democratic peers why an AR-15 is not a &#8220;weapon of war.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Democratic majority is discriminating against some of the most popular weapons in the United States simply because they don\u2019t like the way they look &#8212; not because of the way they function,&#8221; said Rep. Steube, a veteran of the U.S. Army.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are so many Americans who are confused when they see a semiautomatic rifle\u00a0that the Democrats want to ban as being fully automatic.  It&#8217;s not.  You can&#8217;t purchase that [M4].  It&#8217;s illegal,&#8221; he continued.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hero-responded-to-mall-shooter-in-15-seconds-put-8-of-10-rounds-on-target-at-40-yards\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is\" title=\"WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a 'Weapon of War' Actually Is\">Hero Responded to Mall Shooter in 15 Seconds, Put 8 of 10 Rounds on Target at 40 Yards!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It [AR-15} is not a weapon of war.  A weapon of war has a fully automatic switch or a three-round burst,&#8221; Steube concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the Florida Republican may have clarified things a bit, the Dems still went ahead and advanced the legislation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1808\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is\" title=\"WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a 'Weapon of War' Actually Is\">H.R. 1808, \u201cThe Assault Weapons Ban of 2021<\/a>,\u201c by a 25-18 vote.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bill will now go before the full floor for a vote in the coming weeks.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As GunsAmerica previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/assault-weapons-ban-on-the-move-in-u-s-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"watch-congressman-explains-to-house-committee-what-a-weapon-of-war-actually-is\" title=\"WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a 'Weapon of War' Actually Is\">reported<\/a>, H.R. 1808 would make it unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, or transfer the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>All semi-automatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one of the following military features: (1) pistol grip; (2) forward grip; (3) folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; (4) grenade launcher; (5) barrel shroud; or (6) threaded barrel.<\/li><li>All semi-automatic rifles that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds.<\/li><li>Bump fire stocks and any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machinegun.<\/li><li>All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one of the following military features: (1) threaded barrel; (2) second pistol grip; (3) barrel shroud; (4) capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip; or (5) semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm.<\/li><li>All semi-automatic shotguns that have at least one of the following (1) a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock; (2) pistol grip; (3) fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds; (4) ability to accept a detachable magazine; (5) forward grip; (6) grenade launcher; or (7) shotgun with a revolving cylinder.<\/li><li>High capacity feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting more than 10 rounds.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There are so many Americans who are confused when they see a semiautomatic rifle\u00a0that the Democrats want to ban as being fully automatic.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":166830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,216,240],"tags":[132,607],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-166829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-events","8":"category-s-h-blannelberry","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WATCH: Congressman Explains to House Committee What a &#039;Weapon of War&#039; Actually Is<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;It [AR-15} is not a weapon of war. 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