You have been taken in by the news media. The "Assault Weapons" ban has absolutely nothing to do with machine guns. Fully automatic weapons have been regulated in this country since 1934. The ban had to do with weapons that "look" like machine guns. The actual guns that were banned were chosen because a congressman was looking through a gun catalog and picked the ones that "looked ominous." The ban specifically dealt with cosmetic features such as bayonet lugs, flash hiders, and folding stocks, but every gun that they banned is semi-automatic.

Studies both before and after the ban showed that the "Assault Weapons" in the ban have been used in a very small percentage of crimes. However the anti-gun groups make them sound worse then they are to get public support. Their ultimate goal is to confiscate all our guns, but they realize to do that they must take them one step at a time.



Well, sizes won't change because gun and barrell lengths were never apart of the ban. Also, "selectfire" weapons will still be controlled under the National Firearms act of 1934. The only things that will change are gun cosmetics (folding stocks, bayonet lugs, flash hiders) and magazine capacities. When the ban expires we will be able to start buying all the standard capacity magazines. I say standard because that's how the magazines were originally designed, the current 10 round magazines should have been called "low-cap" instead. That includes ownership of the Beta mags as well.

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Robert