Reply #4: hehe, anyone who says yes must be a liberal douche-bag! [View All]

[IronLionZion]

:evilgrin: :hi:

j/k

If you're going to support a ban, it's good to know what it bans:

In 1994, the Federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was passed. This law banned rifles that had detachable magazines and two or more of the following characteristics:

* A folding or telescoping stock
* A pistol grip
* A bayonet mount
* A flash suppressor, or threads to attach one (a flash suppressor reduces the amount of flash that the rifle shot makes. It is the small birdcage-like item on the muzzle of the rifle)
* A grenade launcher.

Grenade launchers were already illegal and regulated by the ATF as "Destructive Devices". However, most militaries use an item known as a rifle grenade. This grenade attaches to the muzzle of the rifle and is launched by firing a round (or special blank round) into the base of the grenade. Since civilian flash suppressors were identical in diameter to military flash suppressors, they were capable of using this grenade (although possession of such a grenade is illegal and unlikely). For the purposes of this bill, this made these flash suppressors into "grenade launchers".

Firearms manufactured and owned prior to the ban are still legal if you can prove to the ATF that the gun was built as an assault rifle prior to 1994. After 1994, no more assault weapons (as defined above) can be manufactured.
http://www.ont.com/users/kolya/AR15/aw94.htm