If the "assault-weapons" ban was such a great idea, why would anyone try to mischaracterize the facts?
I bet people who know little about guns bought the whole CNN package.
And there's the rub...an ever-decreasing minority of the people of this nation know a doggone thing about firearms. Heck, so-called "assault weapons" might as well be phasers, as much as the average Joe Six-Pack knows. What makes it worse is that many who call themselves Republicans and (neo)Conservatives not only don't know anything about their RKBA, but they don't seem to care one bit, either.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!