I just contacted the names that you gave in your post. Thanks for the links. I just got on wikipedia and read this about the old AWB. It has some pretty interesting facts in it. Mostly in favor of the ban not being effective in stopping crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Assault_Weapons_Ban Senator Diane Feinstein announced she would introduce a Federal assault weapons ban bill in the U.S. Senate[27] following the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.[28] The original passage of the 1994 AWB preceded a Republican majority in Congress, whereafter Democrats were voted out.[29] This last statement is scary. If republicans controlled congress then and the AWB passed then what is going to stop it this time? Hopefully those fools that voted yes for it are no longer in congress. Lets hope. This was a pretty informative read nonetheless.