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75. The AWB didn't actually ban any firearms though

It listed a number of features that most assault rifles were then sold with, ie bayonet lug, pistol grip, collapsible stock, attachment point for a grenade launcher, etc, and said you could only have ONE of these features on said guns. About 5 seconds after this law was passed, all the gun makers that were affected by the law started making the exact same guns in their factories, only without these evil features. So, they got rid of the bayonet lugs, the grenade launcher attachments, the flash hiders, and put regular stocks on instead of collapsible ones, and viola! A perfectly legal rifle that still fired the same ammo, at the same rate of fire, from the same magazines as before. And because of the hype and taboo that now surrounded assault rifles, it fueled a surge in their sales that now makes them the most popular rifle purchased in the US. Assault rifles made before the ban (so-called "pre-ban" guns) were also perfectly legal to own and sell to other people, and their value instantly shot up many hundreds of dollars each.

Certain types of MAGAZINES were indeed banned from new manufacture, anything over 10 rd. However, there were HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of 11-100 rd magazines already in circulation that remained legal to own and legal to sell, so everyone who wanted one could still get a 30-rd magazine for $30-$50.

The only thing the AWB did was put a lot of money into the pockets of the gun makers and those individuals who were smart or lucky enough to own pre-ban guns and magazines before the law passed.