re: 70% of Young Americans think we should be allowed to own Assualt Rifles

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it seem Wiki is pretty much the extent of you knowledge on this topic.

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That's a false assumption on your part, wiki just happened to provide the first easily quotable link in a google search.

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none of these weapons were outright banned. In fact it was still legal to manufacture, posses, and sell those exact same weapons during the 1994 AWB

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If you wanted to buy an AR-15 with bayonet lug, bird cage, pistol grip, and folding stock then you could legally do so.

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Millions...were legal to buy and possess.

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Except it was never illegal to own or possess such firearms during the 1994 AWB.

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Sooner or later you'll figure out that the terminology matters

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Does not compute.

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You still haven't figured out that "assault weapon" isn't limited to rifles, shotguns, and funny looking pistols but also includes the ubiquitous Glock 26 et al.

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And all of those are legal. As a matter of fact, recently the term was re-defined and is different from the 1994 definition.

But you pretty much have an empty arument here. You say that terminology is so important, yet nothing seems to be illegal. So what's your problem? They may make some nebulous term up and then come up with a completely toothless law that doesn't ban anything?



I still submit it's more important to focus on the actual items they want to ban rather than the terminology. So we disagree, big deal. Neither one of us wants them to ban assault weapons - or any other weapons.