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Originally Posted by Racetrack Playa
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As far as I know, there is no current definition of an assault weapon under federal law. So the general answer is it is not.
Under federal law at the time that the AWB was in effect, some AR-15s were legally defined as assault weapons and some were not, based largely on appearance rather than function. And the average citizen at the time could probably not tell the difference.
A few predictably anal states do have laws defining assault weapons (CA, NY, MA, etc.). The AR-15 is classified as an assault weapon in those states.
