Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007

The Assault Weapons Ban and Law Enforcement Protection Act of 2007 was a bill that would have ultimately reenacted the ban on assault weapons by the Clinton Administration in 1994. The bill had some of the same language as was in the 1994 ban, but added many new firearms to the list, including whole categories of self-loading sporting shotguns and rifles, under the rationale that any firearm that is "procured for use by the United States military or any Federal law enforcement agency" is not suitable for "sporting purposes". The proposed ban would have continued the exemption for law enforcement, including police officers who retire. The bill failed in committee.

Banned Weapons

The bill listed many firearms by name to be banned from sale. In addition, under the new "sporting purpose" test discussed above, many more firearms were slated to be banned, including:

Rifles

• AKM
• AKS
• AK-47 Variants
• AK-74
• ARM
• AR15
• AR10
• Barrett M468
• Barrett M82
• Barrett M98
• Bushmaster ACR
• MAK90
• Misr
• NHM 90
• NHM 91
• SA 85
• SA 93
• Vepr
• AR-10
• AR-15
• Bushmaster......
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