The impending ban caused me to buy my first AR; which I still have. IIRC I paid a horrendous price of $900. Here we are 23 yrs. later and can buy them for half that. That 1994 bill also taught me that gun people include lots of greedy jerks. I remember Eagle Arms(now known as Armalite) took orders on ARs and just kept raising the price before they ever delivered.

The public opinion was in favor of an anti-gun bill so some senators and congress persons got involved and watered the bill down with loop holes. I was a very active USPSA/IPSC shooter at the time. We soon learned that new hi-cap mags couldn't be bought BUT, we could buy all the "repair parts" for hi-caps we needed. We then were free to assemble them at home.

I also remember the sky high prices of Galils at gun shows but I never saw one sold. I always hoped the sellers choked on them. Same for 22 LR ammo hoarders.

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Bob.
SWCA 1821