I Guess Massacres Now OK. No Change In Gun Attitudes Per Poll?

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11. Ironically, it was the first Assault Weapons Ban that helped propel the popularity of the AR rifle

So called assault weapons of the semi-automatic variety, like AR15s, have been around a long time (since 1964).

I remember the pushback on Congress in the 1990s when they passed it and then the growing interest in AR as a result because of the "forbidden fruit" factor. Plus you could still buy an AR during the 1004 AWB if you swapped it didn't the flash suppressor and bayonet lug. You know, because there were so many drive-by bayonettings in the US.

Then when the ban went away from a lack of Congressional action, more people than ever wanted one.

The law of unintended consequences.