Come on RBAD, you know you love SOME things about NJ. Like the great police force, the low taxes, the friendly people, our conservative governor.... NOT!!!
Anyway, the 2004 Assault Weapons Ban expiration won't mean much, right? Because state rules still apply, right? Lets bet that all rifles and shotguns with more than 5 round magazines will be outlawed, all pistols will be reduced to 10 in every state, silencers completely banned, barrels less than 4" long will not be permitted, all Class 3 not owned by police will be confiscated, all silencers and newly outlawed firearms will also be confiscated (meaning all "postbans" from now will be taken away unless you hand in all of you 10 round mags and get 5'ers. I can just see it happening.
Some people think that Congress will be too busy with other stuff (like elections) to bother about a new Assault Weapons bill but I think Dubya will offer to do all of the above to get some more center people, independents, and maybe even some Dem's on his side.
And no, the S will not hit the fan when all that will be done. Some of you with preban and Class 3 stuff will be angry and will want to revolt, but only a few ill do so, and that is what the police is for, namely to arrest those who break the law.
So sadly enough, Canada will be better off in some ways than we will be. Hey, they have a SIG PE90 and 50 round .22 mags! And short barrels and collapsible stocks!
Imagine if all AR15's would be required to have 14" stocks! I can see most people not being able to shoot well that way, incl. me.
Or if all shotguns would be required to have 30" barrels! Nice!
Or if all pistols would have to be fully automatic and have no less than 20 round magazines, forward grips mandatory.... ooops... that last one was a day dream.... never mind me...
Doggonit