We are expressly not speaking here of automatic military weapons which rapid-fire lots of bullets with a single trigger pull.

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These automatic weapons which fire lots of bullets with a single trigger pull are illegal for any civilians to own unless they have acquired a very special Class III permit.

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Weapons like the Bushmaster mimic the appearance and some features of fully automatic military rifles, though they technically do not meet the definition of an assault weapon because they are semi-automatic -- meaning each shot requires a trigger pull.

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