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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 998657" data-attributes="member: 14668">Incorrect. The so-called &quot;assault weapons ban&quot; of 1994-2004 NEVER BANNED ASSAULT WEAPONS.What it did...all it did...was to ban the import or manufacture of magazines holding more than 10 rounds.Unless you lived in a nanny-state like California, it was still perfectly legal to own, use or buy hi cap mags. I know, I bought them myself during that time frame. They were simply more expensive.The AR-15 rifle the shooter used was and still is even legally available in California of all places, albiet with a 10 round limit on the magazine and no pistol grip allowed on it. Neither of these restrictions would have had any effect on the outcome of the massacre.What we are dealing with here is a lunatic who carefully planned this massacre over a period of several months. He spent several thousand dollars on guns and ammo. He meticulously booby-trapped his apartment with explosives. No amount of &quot;feel good&quot; legislation or phony &quot;bans&quot; on scary looking guns would have changed the outcome. He was going to do what he was going to do regardless of the law and the only way to have stopped him was to kill him first.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 998657, member: 14668"] Incorrect. The so-called "assault weapons ban" of 1994-2004 NEVER BANNED ASSAULT WEAPONS. What it did...[I]all[/I] it did...was to ban the [I]import or manufacture[/I] of magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Unless you lived in a nanny-state like California, it was still [I]perfectly legal [/I]to own, use or buy hi cap mags. I know, I bought them myself during that time frame. [U]They were simply more expensive. [/U]The AR-15 rifle the shooter used was [I]and still is [/I]even legally available [U]in California [/U]of all places, albiet with a 10 round limit on the magazine and no pistol grip allowed on it. Neither of these restrictions would have had [I]any[/I] effect on the outcome of the massacre. What we are dealing with here is a lunatic who carefully planned this massacre over a period of several months. He spent[U] several thousand dollars [/U]on guns and ammo. He meticulously booby-trapped his apartment with explosives. No amount of "feel good" legislation or phony "bans" on scary looking guns would have changed the outcome. [B]He was going to do what he was going to do regardless of the law [/B]and the [I]only[/I] way to have stopped him was to kill him first. [/QUOTE]

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