Banning certain magazines & clips & ammo AND a buy-back program

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5. The distinction is not as clear as you seem to believe, but all "AWs" were semiautomatic by law

By definition.

There are rifles that function exactly the same as what you might call an AW, such as an AR-15 variant or even an AK, that are configured for hunting. Typically they have barrels that are relatively long, they're equipped with a precision optical sight, and in accordance with state hunting laws would be used with a magazine of limited capacity, for example five rounds. They may be covered with a camouflage coating, or even fitted with a wooden stock.

I'm not sure how one could define "AWs" in a way that would not affect firearms that are designed and used for precision match shooting or hunting. The expired federal ban was a colossal failure in that regard, although it did have specific exemptions for the Ruger Mini-14 and other popular rifles. That made no sense whatsoever.