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This is what the AWB prohibited:

Semi-automatic rifles able to accept detachable magazines and two or more of the following:
Folding or telescoping stock
Pistol grip
Bayonet mount
Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate one
Grenade launcher

So sell a rifle with a [b]fixed stock[/b] (fixed meaning not adjustable, 1 position only) and pistol grip (like the original design), and you're good to go.

Its pretty dumb because an adjustable stock lets shooters of different heights use the same rifle. I.e. a father and son.  Otherwise just buy a different size stock!

Now high capacity magazines that were allready out there were grandfathered and could be re-sold, that is true, but rifles were just designed without those above features.

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OK. So this time let's learn from experience and have a better assault weapons ban.[/quote]

Why? The last one had no discernable impact on crime, and the violent crime rate has been steadily dropping since the end of the last ban. "Assault weapons" are really really low on the list of things that people actually kill eachother with. Hammers, knives, and swimming pools are all exponentially more likely to kill you and will account for far more deaths every year

People keep talking about common sense, well common sense dictates that going after "assault weapons" which are the least commonly used weapon in violent crime, is pretty dumb. Especially considering that bans have never actually accomplished anything other than to create black markets ran by gangs who are responsible for the vast majority of violent crime in this country [/quote]

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