1.0 link 13779 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/say-hello-to-my-little-f_b_13779.html Handguns, rifles, assault weapons-they've always been easy to get under federal law in America. Even when semi-automatic (firing one bullet per trigger pull) assault weapons were allegedly banned in 1994, the gun industry barely missed a beat. Manufacturers made a few minor, cosmetic changes and had the guns back on the market in no time. In fact, when efforts to pass an effective ban failed in September 2004 and the law expired, there were actually more types of assault weapons...

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