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Please note that the terms “assault rifle” and “assault weapon” do not mean the same thing. An assault rifle is a medium-caliber rifle, capable of both semiautomatic and fully-automatic operation. Because of the fully-automatic capability, true assault rifles are already very strictly regulated in this nation, and it is nearly impossible for a common citizen to legally acquire or own one. (In my opinion, this is a serious and blatant violation of the Second Amendment—if anything they are the sort of weapon whose ownership ought to be recognized as most protected under the Second Amendment as they are the weapons that are most relevant to the stated purpose of this Amendment).
“Assault weapon” is a fraudulent term, that was cooked up by the anti-gun vermin, with the specific, deliberate attempt to deceive the public into thinking that it was fully-automatic weapons that were being banned under that name. Nearly all of the meaningful characteristics that are used to distinguish “assault weapons” from similar weapons that aren't covered by that term are purely cosmetic features that have no bearing on the weapon's use for any purpose, legitimate or otherwise. One can only support bans or restrictions on “assault weapons” out of ignorance or dishonesty or both.
If by impossible you mean a $200 tax stamp away. It doesn't take much to get a Class 3 weapon, if you have the money. Or if you have ALOT of money you can buy an old Machine gun that is grandfathered in that doesn't even require a tax stamp.