>>>>I fear that the current "assault weapons" ban, if extended, will prevent any private citizens from getting one. Here's another tangible reason for doing whatever you can to insure it's defeat when it expires.
At most the assault weapons ban will stop you from getting a semiauto version. Whether its renewed or not you can't get the xm-8 any more than you can get the military's M-16.
All we can hope for are the scraps, but of course the scraps are better than starving.
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Build one, we have the Technology. It just takes a little more time than Wal-Mart.