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 \n\"He just hated every-one,\"was the answer givenby Stockton Police CaptainDennis Perry.  \nA Killing Machine  \nThe gun Purdy used,theAK-47 semiautomatic as-sault rifle,is a powerfulkilling machine.It was de-signed in the Soviet Union tobe used by troops in attack-ing enemy positions but isnow made all over the world.  \nSemiautomatic weaponsare weapons that hold anumber of bullets and fireeach bullet as quickly asthe shooter can pull the trig-ger.AK-47's can fire more  \nthan one bullet a second.  \nThere are an estimated20million to 30 million sem-iautomatic rifles in the U.S.today.Almost all of these,however,are hunting riflesthat hold only a few bulletsand are for shooting game.  \nAssault rifles like the AK.47 are weapons designed tokill people at short range.They generally have shorterbarrels than semiautomatichunting rifles and hold morebullets,usually in a detach-able clip.Experts say thereare probably a million ofthese weapons in privatehands in the U.S.today.  \nMost assault rifles arebought by collectors,sports-men,and hunters.But po-lice report that theseweapons have now becomethe favorite weapons of drug  \n-A2enwoi  \ndealers and street gangs.  \nThe Stockton schoolyardslaughter led to apublic out-cry in California in supportof a law banning the sale ofassanlt rifles.In March,theCalifornia assembly,by anarrow margin,passed sucha law,banning the sale of 40different models of assaultrifles.  \nSoon after,the Bush Ad-ministration announced atemporary ban on importingassault rifles from othernations.The ban will last atleast six months to allowtheGovernment to studywhether or not to make theban permanent.  \nGun Control Opponeata  \nThe California law waspassed over the opposition  \nContinued on nextpage  \nof the National Rifle Asso-ciation(NRA).The NRA isan organization of 2.8 mil-lion people that encouragesthe safe use of guns.Pres-ident Bush is a life memberof the NRA.  \nThe NRA strongly op-poses gun control laws lim-iting the right oflaw-abidingU.S.citizens to own and pur-chase guns.This is a right,says the NRA,that is guar-anteed under the SecondAmendment to the U.S.Con-stitution.This amendmentstates:“A well-regulatedMilitia,being necessary tothe security of a free State,the right of the people tobear Arms shall not beinfringed.\"  \nThe NRA and other op-ponents of gun control lawsbelieve that banning assaultrifles will not cut down on  \n-UP  \nCONTINUED FROM PAGE1  \nviolent crime and will notprevent a repeat of the kindof tragedy that occurred inStockton.The major effectof such laws,argues theNRA,is to punish law-abid-ing citizens and leave gunsin the hands of criminalswho get them illegally.  \n\"[Gun control laws]takeguns out of the hands of cit-izens in the face of risingcriminal rage in this coun-try,\"says Larry Platt of Gun0wners of America.Thebest way to stop violentcrime,say Platt and others,is not to take weapons outof the hands of law-abidingAmericans,but to toughenlaw enforcement by keepingcriminals off the streets.  \nDon't blame the weaponsfor crimes,say gun controlopponents;blame thecriminals.  \nMAN IN THE  \nnewS  \nCURRENT EVENTS(ISSN 0011-3492)-Copyignt 61989 by Fokd Publicentilons.Cument Eventa isa federally rogistered trademark of","cbCaihZgkMwCbutD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihZgkMwCbutD","pdf",2628439,"English","# CURRENT EVENTS\n# SH00T-0UT OVER GUN CONTROL\n## A Killing Machine\n## Gun Control Opponent","[{\"question\":\"What happened in Stockton according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"Patrick Purdy attacked a school playground with an AK-47 semiautomatic assault rifle, shooting children and then killing himself.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the article describe semiautomatic assault rifles?\",\"answer\":\"It says semiautomatic weapons hold multiple bullets and fire each bullet quickly as the trigger is pulled, and describes assault rifles as short-range weapons with more bullets in detachable clips.\"},{\"question\":\"What actions does the article mention related to banning assault rifles?\",\"answer\":\"It describes California passing a law banning the sale of multiple assault-rifle models and the Bush administration imposing a temporary ban on importing assault rifles while studying whether to make it permanent.\"}]","Should Semiautomatic Assault Rifles Be Banned? 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