I agree with you on the assault weapon issue. I, too, believe it's law abiding citizens that own them here in the US.

Curious, though, what may happen in the future with assault weapons because of the Patriot Act. Those weapons could very easily be classified as "terrorists' tools." I can forsee those registered to own assault weapons ending up on a list of "known owners of terrorist weapons."

Just a thought. Paranoid thought maybe, but a thought none the less.