[meatloaf]

Mudblood, you need to do some research. Automatic weapons aren't covered by the ban. Machine guns, silencers, destructive devices, etc. are covered by the National Firearms Act of 1934. FWIW, they are legal for private ownership under federal law but some states won't permit their citizens to own them.

So called assault weapons, semiautomatic ugly guns, in many cases fire a smaller round than semiautomatic hunting rifles. The guy in the bell tower wasn't using semiautomatic rifles per my recollection. If he'd been using small caliber poodle-shooter assault weapons, the carnage wouldn't have been as bad.

The assault weapons ban was nothing other than feel good legislation. Stick around. You might learn something.

[correctthought]

Oh yeah, good point, forgot about that. :)