Features of an assault rifle:
(1) It can be carried by an individual (as opposed to a firing team or to a fixed weapon).
(2) It can be fired from the shoulder (it has a buttstock, but this may be collapsed or folded).
(3) It is capable of selective fire (full automatic, semi-automatic, single).
(4) It fires a cartridge of intermediate power between pistol and military rifle.
(5) Bullets are fed from a detachable magazine.
(6) It should have a firing range of 300 meters (about 1,000 feet).
A weapon may overlap with an assault weapon if:
(1) it fires a pistol or military round.
(2) it uses belt ammunition.
(3) it has a fixed magazine.
(4) it does not have full automatic or selective fire.
(5) it is not fired from the shoulder.
