That sounds like mostly a California problem on the description of an assault weapon!!!! I guess I just don't understand the fascination with an AR-15-- I had an M-16, great for 3 shot burst or full auto in Vietnam..... When I came home and went hunting I was a lot happier with my Remington!!!!! Unfortunately laws have to be aimed at the lowest common denominator, just like the majority is punished for the actions of a few... Any half ways decent gun smith can full auto that AR-15, then with a couple 30 round clips taped together, what do you have??? Just another hunting rifle??? The latest idiot had an AR-15, a shotgun, and two glocks. What screening would have kept him from purchasing these weapons other then a psychological exam??? and would that have caught him???? If there were a screening process that thorough, the NRA would scream about it and lobby it out of existence too.... I do not recall ever seeing or hearing any anti-gun agenda on anyone's record in the last 5 or 6 years, other then a few of the way too far left idiots.... There has been no anti-gun legislation introduced at the federal level recently, either!

I'm sorry, I used to hunt and target shoot a lot till my vision got so bad and I still don't see where I would ever want to include an AR-15 as a hunting rifle..... Too many others that fit better and shoot better, plus many, many more with better ballistics for hunting then an AR..... I'm not anti-gun, still have all of mine (and Dad's, and Grandpa's, and Great-Grandpa's) all safely locked away. I've heard all the arguments for assault weapons, people have been using the same one's for better then 20 years!!!!! BUT, if there were even a 50/50 chance that an assault weapon ban would prevent another incident like we just had in Aurora, Co. I'd be for an assault weapon ban in a heart beat!!!! I cancelled my NRA membership 10 years ago, I could just no longer buy into all the hype and BS about the government taking our guns away. I'm fine with dealing with the facts and don't need all the scare tactics employed by the NRA, just like I don't need CNN, or Fox, or any of the other media telling me what I should believe or how I should feel about a subject.....