Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Democrat, says he owns an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and keeps it in his Washington home....The AR-15 is classified as a "machine gun" under the D.C. law. In other words, it's illegal to possess such a powerful weapon in the nation's capital....
Mr. Rockefeller was busy working on the crime bill yesterday and had no immediate comment.
11/14/94
The Washington Times, August 26, 1994:
