AWB expired 10 years ago this month

[GBExpat]

The Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired 10 years ago this month ... lest we forget.

The following day I assembled an AR that the day before would have been illegal. Sweet.

O'course, over the next few days I drove very carefully so as not to run over all of those bodies in the streets that were predicted by the Antis.

 

[Blackstone]

Aha good on you

 

[22-rimfire]

And since the expiration of the ban, the streets of the USA are in total chaos because of it or so we are to believe. :banghead:

 

[oneounceload]

Only those streets in certain areas of certain cities have actually fulfilled that prediction - but then again, the ban really didn't affect those areas in the first place

 

[Omaha-BeenGlockin]

And 20 years ago it went into effect thanks to Komrade Klinton


Man I'm getting old.

 

[NOMI WASP]

Seems everytime I give an opinon about the anti 2nders, I get a private message warning.

I will use the most general blanket statement I can. I like guns and don't like those people trying to take my guns. Thank you and hope I don't offend any members on the left GOD Bless you

 

[psyopspec]

... and crime continues to fall.

Along the lines of "lest we forget," I was involved in a discussion on another gun board recently where in a discussion with a fellow poster 10 years my junior I tried to no avail to convince him to abandon the idea of supporting more restrictive training requirements for CCW (he was a Floridian). The AWB never impacted his gun ownership, and now a whole generation of junior shooters see no problem with "reasonable" gun control. Don't forget the importance of those discussions - if you know anyone in that demographic you're in a unique position to be an ambassador to the future of 2A.

 

[Red Wind]

And since the expiration of the ban, the streets of the USA are in total chaos because of it or so we are to believe

Here is a Miami Herald "journalist" who still believes it.

They’d probably say it’s a problem for Congress to solve. Yes, Congress could reinstate the ban on assault weapons and mandate background checks for gun buyers under any circumstances.

But Congress remains cowed by the NRA, just as the state Legislature is cowed by legendary Florida NRA leader Marion Hammer.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article2359786.html#storylink=cpy

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Geeze, A decade already?

Time flies when you're hav, allowed to have fun.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

And right afterward, the Colt AR I purchased said Restricted Military/Government/Law Enforcement/Export Use Only on it's side.

 

[barnbwt]

"But Congress remains cowed by the NRA"
Aw, so congress can't just do what some yankee wants because he doesn't have enough support for productive representation? Ain't that a B.

I've only been paying attention to guns the last six or so years of my young life, and gun-politics the last four, probably. Even in that short span of time, it is absolutely incredible the tidal change that has taken place in our hobby. ARs went from tactical hilarity to the most popular long arm in the nation, black, then camo, then black overtook darn near everything on the store shelves, and we even have concealed carry provisions (I won't say 'privileges' just yet) in all 50 states & territories, now.

I have to imagine this is probably one of the fastest-developing social movements in the direction of liberty we've had since the end of Prohibition (Civil Rights was obviously bigger, but was therefore much slower to come to fruition, and carried with it a lot of decidedly non-libertine baggage like the post-assassination gun laws and politician-safety obsession)

TCB

 

[Red Wind]

^ Good, intuitive ,articulate post. In a few words, you made a lot of common sense, young man.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

I was not yet collecting NFA weapons but my college buddy was and there were all kinds of odd constructive possession interactions between the modularity of the AR15, the NFA, and the AWB, especially is you use a DIAS. This was long before the ATF clarified constructive possession with the "close proximity" and "no other purpose" language that we can rely on today. Scarey times . . .

Mike

 

[simonstough]

Lets see...ten years ago i was 15, sophmore year of high school. That being said im so glad that load of bull expired.

 

[Walkalong]

Has it been 20 years since it was enacted? Dang, time flies.

 

[19-3Ben]

I was in college when it sunset... college was in Massachusetts, so not a lot of good that did me!
But I graduated in 2006 and came back to CT which was really not very restrictive until a year and a half ago. So I had about 6-7 years of my taste of freedom. Then my real work began... Fighting to regain our freedoms has been an arduous task, but I've met some really good people along the way, some real losers, and a whole lot in between. It's been interesting.

 

[WestKentucky]

Join Date: July 8, 2014
Location: South Eastern US
Posts: 143

Seems everytime I give an opinon about the anti 2nders, I get a private message warning.*

I will use the most general blanket statement I can. I like guns and don't like those people trying to take my guns. Thank you and hope I don't offend any members on the left**GOD Bless you

In the south we say "bless their hearts"

 

[evan price]

20 years ago, I put away my Glock 21 because overnight the magazines became worth almost as much as the gun and I had this sort of apprehension that having a high capacity magazine was somehow, bad or something.
10 years ago, I built my first FAL.
Now I look back on the dark days of the AWB and the Clinton bans and Smith & Wesson volunteering to put a lock in their guns, and the fear we had that somehow it would all come back only worse, and I think, WOW, we came a long way, baby. Legalized CCW is the law of the land, AR rifles are sold at Walmart, and people are fighting back against the hoplophobes.

 

[lxd55]

don't remind them.

 

[Ryanxia]

The AWB never impacted his gun ownership, and now a whole generation of junior shooters see no problem with "reasonable" gun control. Don't forget the importance of those discussions - if you know anyone in that demographic you're in a unique position to be an ambassador to the future of 2A.

Speaking as someone under 30 and knowing dozens of shooters between 14-30 I can say none of us hold the idea of even one single iota more of "reasonable gun control". I always say it's ridiculous that I can strap a gun on my hip and walk around freely but once it gets cold out and I want to put a jacket on over it then I have to fill out extra paperwork, carry around yet another form of identification, etc. etc. All to make sure I'm not a felon that can't legally have a gun anyways and who will just throw his jacket on if he wants to. :/

We are under the firm belief of no more compromise. Freedom isn't something that should continually be bargained away.

Back on topic, I only had a couple guns during the AWB and didn't even know AK,ARs, etc. were legal to begin with. Now I have several of each and glad to have them.

 

[Walkalong]

Yes, some were not affected much, but many more were. My Browning Hi-power mags illegal to buy new? Really? No more 30, or even 20, round AR mags? Really? I can't have a threaded barrel? Stupidity of the highest order.

We were that close to it being law until repealed, with no built in expiration date.

While we have come a long way, it was from being vigilant and fighting back, hard. We cannot afford to lay back and rest on our laurels, because the antis are just as determined as ever with the backing of politicians who would rule you, as well as voters ignorant about gun issues, and brainwashed by the media.

 

[Ryanxia]

As Walkalong said, we certainly can't sit back and rest now. The only reason we aren't hearing about gun control right now is that elections are coming up..

 

[psyopspec]

Ryanxia, thanks for bringing a smile to my face. I have very little contact with people in their 20's, and even though I'm not much past that decade it's easy to let one experience unfairly and negative color an outlook. Good on ya.

The fact that life/work has brought me to MA for the time being also doesn't do a whole lot to inspire freedom (other than the thought of leaving before too long).

 

[Ryanxia]

Ryanxia, thanks for bringing a smile to my face. I have very little contact with people in their 20's, and even though I'm not much past that decade it's easy to let one experience unfairly and negative color an outlook. Good on ya.

The fact that life/work has brought me to MA for the time being also doesn't do a whole lot to inspire freedom (other than the thought of leaving before too long).

I remember before Sandy Hook some of us thought that the majority of 'old guys with their hunting rifles' were the ones who didn't mind more gun control. They didn't seem to think that those 'tactical things' were any use anyway and of the 'don't need to vote, but let em try and take my 30-06' mentality. After Sandy Hook, I saw gun owners from all walks of life come together and just say enough, it was very encouraging.

Being in occupied America, I mean, MA can definitely offer a narrow view. Stop by Maine or NH sometime to get a fresh breath of Liberty