Weapon of war… To me that’s just a woke term
I too am sick of the “Weapon of war” BS. I’ll just give it to them. All guns can be “Weapons of war” if that’s how you want to use them. In terms of guns used in actual warfare, I’m willing to bet that the bolt action rifle (that nice “safe” deer rifle of uncle Joe's that nobody wants to ban) has killed more people in battle than any other type of rifle. It was the primary infantry arm in both World Wars (only the US with it’s M1 Garand issued a semi-auto rifle to the bulk of their troops during WW2). There were 9.7 million military deaths in WW1 and 20 million in WW2, a good portion of them caused by a bolt action rifle.
The thing that I find most ridiculous is that there are only three “modern” semi-auto guns that I can think of that have actually been issued to the US military and used in battle that a civilian can easily obtain. The Colt 1911, the M1 Garand, and the Beretta 92 (designed circa 1907, circa 1933 and 1975 respectively) are the only true semi-auto US “Weapons of war” that I can think of in general circulation. (There are probably others, like the M1941 Johnson which isn’t in wide circulation or the SKS, which was never issued to US troops.) None of which this “AWB” would ban.
ETA Just was reading the bill and realized I’d forgotten the M1 Carbine, which is also specifically exempted, along with the Mini 14, the Mini 30 and the PC 9. I’d like to know how the PC 9 is particularly less effective as an “Assault Weapon" than the Beretta CX4, which is specifically band by name.