[wastoute]

You jest but did you see the recent tidbit that the old assault weapon ban initially DID include lever action rifles?

[pepsionice]

If you used the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994....it went and identified models by name, and then had this odd add-on:

If you had a weapon which had two (any particular two) of these items below and accepting detachable magazines....you were banned:

- Folding or telescoping stock
- Pistol grip
- Bayonet mount
- Flash suppressor, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a launcher mount

As long as you only had one of these features....you were OK.