"Forgive my ignorance here, as I was out of the country for the past week, but did the AWB die? Does that mean I can get new hi-cap mags for my Glock without paying $75 and up for them? What happened? And God bless it if it did!"
Not yet. It is due to expire on Sept. 13th, 2004. It has little chance of seeing the light of day, as the house is generally against renewal, and there are only something like 14 days left on the legislative calendar between now and the experation.
So, hopefully it will die, but we still have about two months to wait. Some dealers are taking pre-orders for standard cap mags, and there are some group buys going on for LE only mags which will be legal for everyone if and when the ban dies.