> Slight digression, but does that mean owning assault weapons is a ok again in the US? Just curious. It depends what is meant by "assault weapon". If you mea

> Slight digression, but does that mean owning assault weapons is a ok again in the US? Just curious. It depends what is meant by "assault weapon". If you mean fully automatic weapons, then no, but those were essentially banned (with minor exceptions) for private ownership in 1986[0]. Ownership of those had been regulated since 1934[1]. The 1994–2004 "assault weapons" ban covered specific features[2] on guns. Since 2004, purchase of guns with (2 or more of) those features is once again legal. Note that some opposed to the 1994 assault weapons ban claim many of the features are cosmetic, rather than functional. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act#Ban_on_machine_guns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act#... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban#Criteria_of_an_assault_weapon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban#Cr...