Ok so I think it's safe to say that pretty much everyone here wants to see the AWB go bye bye, including myself. But I keep thinking about one arguement that we use against it, and that is that the weapons banned are no different from any other semi-auto hunting rifle or the like. At first I bought into this as it sounded like it could convince some people. But then I thought about it some more. Of all the people that have SHTF rifles here how many of them are the "other rifles" that we compare the banned weapons to? I know I have an AR-15 and plan on puttin some other goodies on it and it would be just fine to take into battle. I also plan on picking up an HK91 and hopefully an M1A. Those seem to be the rifles of choice. Same goes for any AK-47, FN FAL, CETME, or the like. Are we really fooling ourselves into thinking that these weapons aren't better suited for battle purposes than other weapons? I mean I don't see anyone in any of the SHTF threads that says their go to gun is a ruger 10/22 or a Browning BAR deer rifle, or a Remington 7400. This is not to say that we shouldn't be able to own these weapons, as they have other purposes than just an "assault rifle" such as match shooting, varmint hunting, collecting, and plain just plinking fun. But are we approaching the defense from the wrong angle?