jmorris
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In 1934 Congress decided civilians didn't need to own fully automatic weapons along with firearms with certain other features. But rather than ban these firearms they required a tax stamp and background check to own them. Why didn't Congress take that approach in 1994 rather than going straight to a ban? If the 1994 AWB had stuck it doesn't make sense to me that you could legally own a fully automatic firearm but not a semiautomatic firearm.
The AWB was about capacity not how a firearm worked. You couldn’t make a new 11 round box magazine for a bolt action rifle when it was in effect.