TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - The problem of assault firearms
JO  - Crime and delinquency
A1  - Zimring, Franklin E.
SP  - 538
EP  - 545
VL  - 35
IS  - 4
N2  - Rational discussion of the public law control of assault firearms requires both sustained attention to the definition of assault weapons and historical perspective on the control of special high-risk firearms. This article reviews sociological, mechanical and functional approaches to the definition of assault firearms and discusses previous attempts in federal law to deal with special categories of high-risk weapons.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0011-1287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128789035004002
ID  - ref1
ER  -