A Minnesota gunmaker is offering the widest range of new "copycat" assault weapon models of any firearms manufacturer in America.

According to the Violence Policy Center (VPC), assault weapons featured in Vulcan Armament's catalog include semiautomatic AK-47s, AR-15s, MAC-10s, Galils, and MP5s.

All of these weapons are banned by name in the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, which is scheduled to expire on September 13, 2004.

But the VPC says that gunmakers have easily evaded the law by making slight, cosmetic changes to banned guns and continued their sale unimpeded.

These "copycat" guns -- which are virtually indistinguishable from their banned counterparts and possess the same firepower -- will be unaffected if the assault weapons ban is merely renewed.

Kristen Rand, VPC legislative director states, "Americans mistakenly believe that assault weapons are banned. They aren't. To actually ban assault weapons, the 1994 law must be significantly strengthened, not just renewed. Vulcan Armament's extensive line of "special forces" weapons is just the latest proof."

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