Don't know if this thread should be here or in the asylum board, but...
Who here was old enough to remember all the debate and discussions that went on back in 1994 when the assault weapons ban was proposed and subsequently passed? I'm kind of curious if the ban created the same level (relatively speaking -- mostly due to the Internet's ability to blow things out of proportion) of a shitstorm.
I was about 12 at the time, so to say that I "understood" what was going on was, well, an understatement. The only guns I was exposed to as a kid and my parents owned were basic hunting rifles/shotguns -- nothing that was at risk of being banned, so I didn't hear any banter from my parents about it, either.
I'm kind of curious about the similarities and differences between what's going on now and what went on 19 years ago.