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The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 is frequently called The Assault Weapons Ban. This now defunct law was enacted to prevent the sale of certain semi-automatic firearms to civilians. For the purposes of this law, assault weapons were defined based upon features of the firearm, including folding stocks, bayonets, and the...