An anniversary

Yesterday - Monday, September 13, 2010 - was the 6-year anniversary of the expiration of the Federal "Assault Weapons Ban."

The streets are not red with blood.

In fact, there is not a single well-known instance of a legally obtained "semiautomatic assault weapon" being used to commit a crime since the expiration of the ban. The only widely known instance of an AR15 or AK47 (the two rifle types targeted specifically by the ban), was the beltway sniper case.

But, the beltway sniper case happened in 2002 - during the ban. And the rifle was not purchased legally.