Defining “Assault Weapons”
Attempts to regulate “assault weapons” will be futile as long as the term lacks a clear definition.
David B. Kopel
David Kopel is an associate policy analyst at the Cato Institute, research director at the Independence Institute, and adjunct professor of advanced constitutional law at Denver University, Sturm College of Law. He is an expert on firearms policy, juvenile crime, drug policy, antitrust, constitutional law, criminal sentencing, and environmental law.