During the 1994 ban to which you refer, Congress banned the sale of new semi-automatic weapons (one trigger pull, one bullet fired) under certain trademarks (like AR-15™) and with certain cosmetic features (like bayonet lugs, and pistol grips on imported rifles).
We didn't actually ban ownership of assault weapons. There was no confiscation. People were allowed to retain the weapons they already had, and they were allowed to buy new weapons. Is that the position you are advocating?...Let everyone own what they have, and let them buy new ones that just look different (e.g., no bayonet lugs) and are marketed under new trademarks (e.g., AR-15™ brand rifles are prohibited, but identical/similar Sporter™ brand rifles are permitted)? If so, then I know you aren't serious about gun banning. You are just trying to give talking points to low information voters and motivate your party base.
By the way, be careful arguing about the potential military use of the weapons you want to ban. SCOTUS has indicated that military style rifles are exactly the types of arms which are meant to be protected under the Second Amendment. You would do better arguing that they have only sporting use.
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By "ban assault weapons," you mean only ban new sales of some semi-automatic rifles.
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- they won’t assimilate anywhere and take their hate everywhere [NT]
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- WestCoastIrishFan - 8:04am 12/14/25
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- Another holiday, another attack. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:59pm 12/14/25
- Thanks for saying that. My childhood friends mom said that in front of me when I was 5? She was my - Frankx - 6:22pm 12/14/25
- Hero amidst it all. He's ordinary. [NT]
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- MAS - 9:25am 12/14/25
- His failure to shoot the terrorist came back to bite him - MarkHarman - 6:48am 12/15/25
- He'd be charged with a hate crime in NYC. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 12:57pm 12/14/25
- And convicted on 34 counts. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 1:41pm 12/14/25
- Yep [NT] - Frankx - 1:14pm 12/14/25
- I wonder how they got those weapons. Australia has very strict gun laws. [NT]
- Hensou - 8:48am 12/14/25
- Presumably that's why the hero who took the gun had no idea what to do with it. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:10pm 12/14/25
- BTW, the hero's name is Ahmed al Ahmed...and he ended up suffering bullet wounds to his shoulder and - TyroneIrish - 12:06am 12/15/25
- . [NT] - NedoftheHill - 6:08pm 12/14/25
- His mindset doesn’t lead him to kill unarmed people… - TyroneIrish - 4:19pm 12/14/25
- Don't let Perfection get in the way of Progress...Australia's Mass Killings are 12X the U.S.'s... [IMAGE]
- TyroneIrish - 11:12am 12/14/25
- Have you given any thought to what weapons you would ban, and how you would do it? - NedoftheHill - 8:37pm 12/14/25
- Start with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban...then add in "Buy Backs" and penalties for being caught [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 12:14am 12/15/25
- For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500? - NedoftheHill - 2:05am 12/15/25
- Why do you cling to weapons that cause great harm, yet serve no societal benefit? - TyroneIrish - 2:18am 12/15/25
- OK. So you don't know how to go about this. Let me know when you learn how you want to do it. - NedoftheHill - 10:59am 12/15/25
- We've actually banned assault weapons before, as I've shown you with the Wiki link...plus we have - TyroneIrish - 11:18am 12/15/25
- I'm curious if you think this weapon should be banned? It was explicitly exempted from the 1994 ban. [NT] [IMAGE] - NedoftheHill - 12:19pm 12/15/25
- "Buy backs" don't work in the US like elsewhere, ∴ I figured you might want to do it differently. - NedoftheHill - 12:13pm 12/15/25
- You offer no suggestions as to how the U.S. can get anywhere near the gun death rate of Australia, - TyroneIrish - 12:55pm 12/15/25
- I will wait until you answer my easy questions before I respond. (I won't hold my breath, though.) - NedoftheHill - 4:15pm 12/15/25
- You offer no suggestions as to how the U.S. can get anywhere near the gun death rate of Australia, - TyroneIrish - 12:55pm 12/15/25
- By "ban assault weapons," you mean only ban new sales of some semi-automatic rifles. - NedoftheHill - 12:11pm 12/15/25
- We've actually banned assault weapons before, as I've shown you with the Wiki link...plus we have - TyroneIrish - 11:18am 12/15/25
- I love it. He's asking you very detailed, important questions and you are completely flummoxed - MarkHarman - 6:54am 12/15/25
- When a retired Major General who commanded the Fort Benning Training Base calls for a Ban on [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 11:28am 12/15/25
- OK. So you don't know how to go about this. Let me know when you learn how you want to do it. - NedoftheHill - 10:59am 12/15/25
- Why do you cling to weapons that cause great harm, yet serve no societal benefit? - TyroneIrish - 2:18am 12/15/25
- For a mint-condition 1994 Colt Sporter HBAR, will the government pay market? Something like $2500? - NedoftheHill - 2:05am 12/15/25
- Start with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban...then add in "Buy Backs" and penalties for being caught [LINK]
- TyroneIrish - 12:14am 12/15/25
- Have you given any thought to what weapons you would ban, and how you would do it? - NedoftheHill - 8:37pm 12/14/25
- Presumably that's why the hero who took the gun had no idea what to do with it. [NT]
- iairishcheeks - 2:10pm 12/14/25
- Another holiday, another attack. - AlbanyIRISH - 1:59pm 12/14/25
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