Comment by supertroop
3 days ago
Assault rifles were banned for most of that time. Now I can go buy 10,000 rounds of green tip XM85 ammo and an AR platform at a gun show in an hour. I’m not saying that justifies militarization (that’s mostly war profiteers selling to police departments and right wing alignment with law enforcement) but OP isn’t completely wrong.
Assault rifles were banned for 10 years.
They were not legal to buy until the 1980s.
That's not true, on a federal level. Colt was selling a civilian model of the ar15 to the public in the 60s