and swimming pools killed hundreds, and knives killed thousands, and cars killed tens of thousands. Just because something is abused, that does not make is reasonable, logical, sensible, or Constitutional to ban it.
And by the way, in case you didn't know, killing 18 people is already illegal. Exactly why would or should they care about breaking the AWB law? What good could such a law possibly do, other than to make some nitwits feel good?