What the "Assault Weapons" ban really was. The Omnibus Crime Bill, a.k.a. the "assault weapons ban" is one of the most insidious and deliberately misunderstood pieces of legislation I have ever seen. Its deception starts with its very name: "Omnibus Crime Bill"...Omnibus, meaning all-encompassing...which it is not. "Crime Bill"...perhaps only if you view it as an assault on the Constitution, is the only "Crime" to which it can be attached. In it are a bunch of restrictions on freedom. Bans of ownership of property. It is a Bill of Attainder by definition, also illegal within the Constitution. It makes...