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hrdwareguy: most of your complaints about the article are simple quibbles over the word "ban" and what that entails. If the Assault Weapon ban was so ineffectual then why did you have a problem with it? The gun dealer interviewed on NPR today said that he sold more "assault weapons" and accessories in the two weeks before the ban took effect than in the previous ten years. Also his backstock of pre-1994-manufactured instantly increased in price two to three times what they were previously. I think you could argue that the AWB actually increased the business of weapons dealers by making people more aware of and spiking the price of "assault weapons." Before this turns into another outlet for bashing leftist politicians that the ban passed with Bi-partisan support and that GWBush supported it with words. His actions don't match his words however, he didn't ask congress to extend the ban. I guess W's fabled conviction doesn't extend to positions that might anger his base during an election year.
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