[Atlas Sneezed]

True "assault weapons" (select fire weapons) have been (illegally) banned for decades unless you fill out the proper federal paperwork and get special approval...

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...AND limit yourself to buying one of the few (one per one thousand citizens) that are legally available for citizen possession, at prices inflated by a factor of ten due to the 1986 ban, AND limit yourself to technology that is PERPETUALLY, for the (short remaining?) life of the Republic, limited to 1986 obsolete technology.

[Mulder]

AND limit yourself to buying one of the few (one per one thousand citizens) that are legally available for citizen possession, at prices inflated by a factor of ten due to the 1986 ban, AND limit yourself to technology that is PERPETUALLY, for the (short remaining?) life of the Republic, limited to 1986 obsolete technology.

Very good point. They are freezing the techology for "we the people" at some arbitrary date, while they continue to accumulate the latest and greatest and the expense of Joe Q. Taxpayer.

[Destructor]

"AND limit yourself to technology that is PERPETUALLY, for the (short remaining?) life of the Republic, limited to 1986 obsolete technology."

In the late 1980's, rebels in the mountains of Ethiopia began a war to overthrow their (then Marxist) government using World War I rifles, and tribal spears. The rebellion ultimately succeeded much to the dismay of the Media here in America.

What it boils down to is simply how bad you want it!