The GOP/NRA let the Assault Weapon Ban lapse

[jpak]

This would have prevented the Aurora shooter from buying a 100-round magazine and an AR-15.

Good going GOP/NRA.

Yup

[Peepsite]

1. Only the 100rnd magazine

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He could still have gotten the ar 15 under the ban,it just wouldn't have had a bayonet mount,or collapsible stock.

ETA. He could have bought a "pre-ban" 100rnd mag under the ban,though it would have costa several hundred dollars.

[Remmah2]

3. So cold, so cold, how could you forget.

The evil barrel shrouds.

[benEzra]

2. AR-15 type rifles were never banned...

and became the most popular civilian centerfire rifles in the United States some time between 1994 and 2004, as a direct result of the non-ban.

Two, over-10-round magazines were never banned either; importation of the hundreds(?) of millions of extant STANAG magazines worldwide was legal 1994-2004, and prices on standard 30- and 20-round AR magazines were quite reasonable after the initial panic wore off in 1994-1995. Beta-C drums (the 100-rounders) were rare and expensive but still legal and available as well, though they were jam-prone range toys then just like they are now.