As far as parts are concerned, from what I remember about the Clinton gun ban was that "evil guns" were ones with collapsible stocks, pistol grips, removable magazines and removable flash hider/compensator. High capacity magazines were a no no also.

I think it was combination of 3 out of 4 of these made the rifle an "assault weapon", so most AR's of the 90's had the M16A1 stock and the compensator was pinned to the barrel. Once you have a fixed stock and a pinned compensator you only have 2 out of 4 so the rifle was legal to own. Anyone feel free to correct me if any info is incorrect, I was a young whipper snapper during most of this and wasn't really into guns yet.

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Posted by bayoudude

Member since Dec 2007

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Posted on 12/19/12 at 11:04 am to hashbrowns

That pretty much sums it up. Take away the threaded barrel and bayonet lug and the same gun was perfectly legal. I bought a COLT MT6700 competition HBAR in 1999 and it has no baynet lug or threaded barrel. I also bought a bulgarian AK in 1998 and it has a pinned on muzzle break and thumbhole stock instead of pistol grip but is functionally the same rifle capable of doing the same jobs. Also to get around the ban Intratec took the DC TEC-9 and took off the threaded barrel. Voila legal

Only thing it did do was create a huge over inflated market for banned items manufactured before 1994. I remember paying $30 for AR-15 30 rnd mags in the late 90's.

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Posted by El Josey Wales

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Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:51 pm to hashbrowns

Do you think they will throw suppressors in the new AWB too?

I know they are already a NFA item but they might say what the hell, ban those too. Who needs that.

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