Not to beat a dead horse, but I apologize for my assumption of the M-1 being
an automatic weapon.
It was the M-1's successor, the M-14, that was automatic. I got them
confused.
Thanks to those who corrected me.

Semi or full auto, the OC Sheriff's Department was still more than happy to
relieve the Ocean County Historical Society of the responsibility of
securing the weapon.

Scott D. Peters
"Will do history for food..."
Historically Speaking
ALHFAM -FPIPN vice-chair for trivia, errata and miscellany
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"The ordinary distinctions in society are often vague, and imply no just
pre-eminence: rank and titles are
adventitious things and instead of designating merit or virtue, are
frequently the baubles of imbecility, or
the sparkling decorations of meretricious pageantry"

William Griffith, on behalf, and by order of the New-Jersey Society for
promoting the gradual Abolition
of Slavery, Twelfth Month (December) 20th, 1803
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diane Gutenkauf" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: possessing weapons, 1984 & PC / cannonballs


> You're absolutely right. The M1 Garand was (and still is) a semi-automatic
> weapon. (Something the press still can't get right but I digress). It was
a
> wonderfully reliable weapon but was replaced by the M16 (civilian version
> is the AR15) a fully-auto clip-fed, arguably less accurate, rifle. The
> Garand operates by using gas from the expolosion of one round to feed the
> next round into the chamber. You still needs to pull the trigger each time
> you want to fire a round. It replaced bolt action rifles where the user
had
> to, essentially, manually feed each round by operating a lever or a bolt.
A
> distinctly slower method of chambering a round.
>
> I would argue that it's more than just semantics, the distinction between
> semi and full auto is one of technology, mechanics, and the history of
> warfare. Class III weapons are also more highly restricted. One needs a
> special federal permit to own them and private ownership is banned in
> several states. Note I said Private ownership. Museums are a different
> animal all together but still need to be in compliance with federal and
> state laws. In Illinois, for example, private citizens can't own Class III
> weapons but museums CAN have them in collections IF they have the proper
> federal permits.
>
> Diane Gutenkauf
>

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