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To: d[-_-]b who wrote (691745)	1/8/2013 1:26:47 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578652

Begging your pardon, I made the serious mistake of using jla's date as fact. In fact, the assault ban was passed in 94 and ended in 04? OK?? The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), or Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, was a subtitle of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a federal law in the United States that included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms, so called "assault weapons". The 10-year ban was passed by Congress on September 13, 1994, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment. The Federal Assault Weapons Ban expired on September 13, 2004, as part of the law's sunset provision. There have been multiple attempts to renew the ban,[1] but no bill has reached the House floor for a vote. en.wikipedia.org

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (691745)	1/9/2013 1:39:04 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578652

Alaska Militia Leader Gets 25 Years COX BLAMES PARANOIA FOR THREATS AGAINST FEDS By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff newser.com Posted Jan 8, 2013 11:25 PM CST (NEWSER) – A militia leader in Alaska found guilty of plotting to murder federal law enforcement officials has been sentenced to 25 years and 10 months in federal prison. Schaeffer Cox, the 28-year-old leader of the "Alaska Peacemakers Militia," could have gotten life for his nine federal weapons and conspiracy convictions, the Anchorage Daily News reports. A co-defendant who threatened to kill the chief federal judge in Alaska got the same sentence. Cox, who is married with two young children, told the court that he was paranoid when he outlined a plan to kill judges and police officers to militia members—including a government informant. "The more scared I got, the crazier the things I started saying. I wasn't thinking, I was panicking," he said. "I lost all of my composure and created a horrible mess and you know, if I was the FBI, I would've investigated me too—I don't blame them for that. I don't blame anybody but myself for starting this."