work to define an "assault weapon" as any weapon that ejects its spent cartridge.

Defining what an "assault weapon" is has consistently been a stumbling block to effective firearm-regulation legislation. Gun manufactures cynically remove one or more features from their products to comply with existing law only to offer them for sale for self-installation in other venues. By defining "assault weapons" as those which eject their cartridges, we can proceed with legislation to require licensing and other measures to prevent the slaughter that is occurring too frequently in our country.