My fear is that a new AWB, if and when it comes, will go far beyond a mere reinstatement of the 1994 ban. The gun-grabbers have learned, and they won't repeat their "mistakes." There will be no sunset provision, and no grandfathering. If we're lucky, they'll let us keep what we have now -- for the time being -- but we won't be able to sell, or to pass on to our heirs. Perhaps they'll give us a token compensation, if we're kind enough to turn them in. Perhaps they'll add all semiautomatics to the NFA, while indexing the $200 transfer tax to inflation, meaning that the tax will now be $3,000 or more. And they'll make owners of semiautomatics take out astronomical amounts of liability insurance. The list goes on and on.