Assault weapons ban

The ten-year ban was passed by Congress on September 13, 1994 and prohibited the sale of some semi-automatic guns that fell under the new term "assault weapons". The assault weapons ban (AWB) targeted specific firearms. Assault weapons have nothing to do with assault rifles or automatic guns, but are guns that have a detachable magazine and meet at least 2 of the criteria mentioned in the ban. The criteria include folding stocks, pistol grips, bayonet mounts, flash suppressors, and threaded barrels. I don’t have the statistics but I’m not sure that bayonet’s are really a problem in this country. All of these things are for the shooters comfort, or cosmetic additions.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied the "assault weapon" ban and other gun control schemes, and found "insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws reviewed for preventing violence."

Well of course the AWB didn’t affect crime rate. The guns were still being made legally and sold legally. All manufactures had to do was change the name of the guns and sell them without a threaded barrel. These guns look almost identical and performed exactly the same. After the ban was passed the AR-15 became the XM-15, and the tec-9 became the AB-10. The gun industry easily found ways around the law and most of these weapons are now sold in post-ban models virtually identical to the guns Congress tried to ban in 1994. For this, they were criticized as attempting to circumvent the spirit of the law by many gun control groups and even president Clinton. Pro-gun groups responded by pointing out that the manufacturers made and sold exactly what was permitted, and that they could not be held to any standard higher than the law itself.

Don't support another AWB. Why ban guns because they have a lot of crap on them that has nothing to do with crime rate?

This dudes not killing anyone...