Reply #12: No change whatsoever, since the "assault weapons ban" didn't ban anything.

[benEzra]

I wonder what this area would be like if the assault weapons ban was still in force. In the last month or so there have been more police officers killed in this area and south. This has been a very sad time in South Florida. The police officers don't deserve this and those of us that live here don't deserve it either.

No change whatsoever, since the "assault weapons ban" didn't ban anything; civilian, non-automatic AK lookalikes were as legal 1994-2004 as they are now.

I know, I own a 2002 model civvie AK ("ban" era), which I bought in Pensacola in 2003. I shoot recreationally and competitively with it.



If anything has changed, it's NOT the availability of civilian AK variants on the civilian market. I suspect the recent focus on rifles is as much the Von Restorff effect as anything; rare and unusual incidents get reported more widely and thoroughly than when an officer is shot with the usual .38/.357 revolver or 9mm pistol, and hyperbole not only sells papers, but justifies budget increases.