First off, the word "Assault" is just a word. You need a Class 3 license to own a fully automatic weapon. And there's already heavy, heavy restrictions, fines and backround checks to obtain one of those. Let alone the price tag for a full auto on the common market. An "assault" rifle in the eyes of anti-gun supporters is a high cap mag, semi-auto, rail-supported weapon. But it really doesn't matter how many bullets a rifle can hold, a person can simply reload a mag in 3 seconds. Semi-auto doest make a weapon more devastating, I can shoot just as well with a bolt action. and rail supports are just for toys to put on a rifle. I've spent my time in the infantry, just be glad you don't have killers walking around with 7.62 240B Light machine guns.