The grenade launcher thing, while it sounds bad, refers to an integral part of a rifle, which by itself, withut grenades which are NFA items, is completely inate and harmless.
The bayonette "mount" the AWB referrs to is this:
"Folding or telescopic stock - although I can see where this one might be mistaken as "cosmetic", making the stock retractable actually makes it much easier to carry into assault situations and makes it easier to conceal. There are also cases where coupled with a pistol grip you may want to leave the stock retracted for close-quarters killing."
Even with the stock folded or collapsed, you're still talking a three foot plus rifle. Hardly "easy" to conceal.
" pistol grip - this makes it much more stable for auto firing. It is far from "cosmetic".
It makes for better ergonomics, and better control of a firearm. The "auto firing" thing, is a red herring, since the AWB was about semi-automatic firearms, not fully automatic.
"flash suppressor or barrel having a threaded muzzle (intended for a flash suppressor) - a flash suppressor is intended to help remained concealed in order to make it more difficult to pinpoint the shooter. Of course, the flash is still visible, but it makes it more difficult to pinpoint. Not at all "cosmetic"."
No. Just no. A flash suppressor is designed, and intended, to shield the flash from the USER, not from others. And the threaded barrel is another red herring, since they're designed for a SOUND supressor, not a flash suppressor, which, again, are NFA.
So yeah, more or less cosmetic.
And then theres the whole thing, that the great great majority so called "assault weapons" are semi-automatic rifles,. And rifles - ALL rifles - kill less people every year than hands and feet do.
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