You have to read the poster "Travis" a little closer regarding the comments of the vice-president. What seems like pure stupidity to people that actually know firearms like most of us here, will likely come across as factual, to those who do not. The non-firearm people, do not know the difference between a clip and a magazine, semi-auto and automatic, nor even a firearm that is black, as opposed to a true "assualt' weapon............... None of us here, without a multi-thousand dollar tax / fee per year has owned a true, legitimate, automatice ( assualt) weapon of any kind since 1934. ( In the U S A ), I forget this is an international forum.....Remember, the proper marketing can, and does, make us all want a chevy, a coke,or a big mac, and, for many folks, a person in an authority position must be correct, or they would not be there.