[BJClinton]

...the manufacturers just tweak the design, rename the weapon and continue to sell it.

I can see how this is an erosion of the 2nd Amendment but this seems to be much ado about nothing, or at least very little. In the 17 years I've been collecting fire arms, what's available has remained pretty much the same. Although prices have gone up on most items.

[Henrietta]

"what's available has remained pretty much the same. Although prices have gone up on most items."

Prices have gone up on pre-ban stuff, because they aren't making any more of it. What's available has remained pretty much the same, because the pre-ban stuff hasn't worn out yet. Once it does, there won't be any more. And that's the real problem.

[Atlas Sneezed]

In the 17 years I've been collecting fire arms, what's available has remained pretty much the same.

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Evidently you don't follow the market for the 100,000 full-auto rifles that Congress decided in 1986 to let us peons trade amongst ourselves for the rest of the life of the Republic.

Little parts of those that are essential for auto-fire have gone from a few hundred bucks to $5,000-$10,000 or so.

What should be $40 worth of parts is the difference between a $500 AR15 and a $10,000 M16 conversion.