Here's the meat of the matter on the sunset of the awful assault weapons ban: it didn't make a difference when it was in effect, and it won't make a difference when it expires. Bad guys will always find a way to get what they want, while politicians go after the gun rights of law-abiding citizens.
Why do I own an assault weapon? Because it's fun to shoot (for leisure and competition), and it makes a darned good home-protection weapon. You don't like it? Tough.
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I would add that the ban was not based on performance characteristics at all, but on appearance only! Hence the SKS that was mentioned in the story. Typical well intentioned liberalism that needs to be defeated and crushed at every turn.
I would also add that I heard on the history channel last week that the grand total of deaths caused by a fully automatic weapon since 1934 was 1. And that was by an out of control cop...
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