I just heard the story of one of the victims

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7. It's a class of weapons created from thin air.

Look at the '94 law and what defined "Assault Weapon"

Almost everything on the list of features that makes a regular gun an "assault weapon" is cosmetic por ergonomic freatures.

Bayonet lugs, Pistol grips, telescoping stocks, flash hiders, these things make a gun no more deadly. They certainly don't turn it into an assault rifle.

The above gun is an AR-15. The lower gun is a Mini-14. Both are semi-auto (one shot per trigger pull), both fire the .223 caliber round.

The only difference is one of them is in an innocent looking wooden stock which makes it look like grandpa's hunting rifle, whereas the other is modeled after it's military cousin. Both function exactly the same though. However only the top one, the AR, would be illegal under the AWB.

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That is why the assault weapons ban is silly. "Assault Weapons" were perfectly legal during the ban. The manufacturers simply removed the supposedly deadly features. It is the equivalent of trying to stop street racing by banning chrome wheels, spoilers, racing stripes, and red paint.