Take the challenge!

[FatSlob]

http://www.ont.com/users/kolya/AR15/awc.htm

I got two wrong.

[Dolomite]

1. 100% (it was too easy).

The wording after the first one - the answer claims that it was banned in ‘94.

Actually, only civilian ownership of one of this type manufactured after 9/94 is what was made illegal – hence the (soon to be history in 81 days) pre-ban/post-ban dilemma.

[slackmaster]

2. I missed the last one

Mistook the fixed telestock for a real one.

[Quint57]

3. 100% also.....

I wonder if even the more educated anti-gunners can get them all right?

[DavidMS]

4. Got one wrong

the last one's erzats flash hider looked real to me.

Not bad for a guy who has never seen one up close.

[MrSandman]

5. Missed one...

A welded collapsible stock and flash suppressor on the barrel rather than Muzzle:wtf:

[mosin]

11. I guessed right on that one...

but it was definitely a guess. It sure looked like a collapsible stock and a flash suppressor. Since there was no bayonet lug, however, I guessed that they were cosmetic and not functional. It's almost impossible to tell many post-ban models from LEO/Gov-only models with small pictures.

[alwynsw]

6. Got 'em all.

But then, it was kind of a cake walk.

[enfield collector]

7. 100%, no problems.

[yorgatron]

8. i only got 2 right

only pistols for me since i left the service.got to go to a russian weapons range and fire a real AK-47 though,after that i REALLY hated my M-16.

[T Town Jake]

9. Missed two...

...#3 and the one that was marked "LEO only," didn't look long or hard enough to spot the obvious. #3 was the toughest one, probably would've gotten that wrong in any event.
Excellent test that proves its' subtle point perfectly...

[Pert_UK]

10. I got 2 wrong too.....but as I don't know anything about the AWB...

or really care about the argument, it doesn't really matter does it?

As far as I can tell, the 2 sides of the argument are:

For the AWB - assault weapons are bad, horrible weapons that wreak havoc across the streets of our cities. Banning them will save lives.

Against the AWB - "assault weapon" isn't really a meaningful term, and there are many equally deadly weapons outside the AWB. Proponents of the AWB don't know anything about guns and should shut up about them.

I actually agree and disagree with both sides.

The pro side seem to see the AWB as a panacea, yet clearly have no idea what they're talking about. The anti side dismiss the AWB purely because its main backers constantly undermine themselves with misused terminology, but both miss the point.

I sometimes wonder if AWB propents wouldn't demand a ban if guns were painted pink and had fluffy fur wrapped round the barrel. But then I also wonder if those against the ban would reject calls to disarm a convicted criminal simply because the judge referred to the wrong calibre of his rifle..........

[slackmaster]

12. I appreciate your attempt to find middle ground - Here's my frustration

The Million Mom March, Brady Campaign, et al who are whining about the pending demise of the AWB base their entire emotion-driven argument on a false premise: That the AWB stopped the sale of specific deadly weapons like Uzis and AK-47s, and that when the ban expires in September the streets will soon be "flooded" with new Uzis and AKs.

That position is a total farce. With only one exception I'm aware of (the Street Sweeper shotgun which was declared a Destructive Device by the BATF), ALL of the "banned" weapons have been available in slightly modified configurations but exactly the same operating mechanism since the ban took effect. The ONLY differences after the ban expires will be petty details like the AKs being available with bayonet lugs and the Uzis with traditional collapsible stocks once again. But anyone who really wanted an Uzi or an AK during the last 10 years has been able to get one all along.

The people who wrote the ban in the first place had some notion in their heads of what guns they wanted to outlaw, but not the dimmest idea how to write a workable code to accomplish that goal. Through the normal process of rewrite and compromise they came up with the present absurd law, which passed the House of Representatives by a single vote after arm-twisting by the late former President Ronald Reagan and others; complete with a grandfather provision and a sunset clause that made it completely pointless. But any attempt to get a stricter more comprehensive gun ban would have resulted in NOTHING. And the extremists on the pro-AWB side are making the same mistakes all over again.

Blah.

:argh: