[templar]

The resulting public outcry among the gun-owning community of the United States galvanized the gun lobby, and has contributed to the outcomes of every subsequent election. Ironically, this law may prove to be the beginning of a marked trend that unifies gun owners as a more homogenous voting block than ever before.

Unintended consequences.

Looking at the crime figures, it would apear that almost no one except the law abiding own, or ever have owned, 'assault weapons'.

[henderson field]

Gun control has nothing to do with crime control. The gun grabbers want to keep firearms out of the hands of the American Legion and the Marine Corps League.That is their goal, not the reduction of crime. Criminals aren't the ones who protest when freedoms are taken.