Exactly...before the AWB, I didn't own a single firearm. Afterward, seeing how a big chip had been taken out of my RKBA, I began putting my collection together. So if anything, the AWB (along with Waco, Ruby Ridge, the Klinton healthcare plan, etc) awoke me from my slumber. So what's it gonna take to wake up all the "well, as long as it's an 'assaaaaauuuuult weapon', go ahead and ban it" types?
What's that quote I'm thinking of, that goes something like, "When they came for the Jews, I said nothing, for I was not a Jew..."?
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