Are AR 15 rifles going to be banned in the US? January 2013?

Most likely even with a AWB you'd still be able to buy the ar15, just without the features that make it an "Assault Weapon."

It's highly doubtful that an AWB will take place again. Primarily because the last one had little effect and on top of that, it caused the market to go sky high. Prices of "pre-ban" guns, magazines, and parts were sky high and it did little to nothing considering that the mass school shooting crazes started after the 94 AWB.

And secondly, the ammunition that goes into an ar15 has no special knock down capability. It is a standard .223/5.56 round that you can buy anywhere for any gun. The 94 AWB only banned the gun, but the ammunition was still made. The round has no special capability and is considered a lighter round compared to the more massive 30 calibers out there. If anything another AWB will make shooters use even larger caliber thereby causing more damage.

I'm getting pretty sick and tired of repeating myself.

1) You're not buying a damn assault rifle. You're buying a RIFLE. An assault rifle would be classified as a machine gun under Title 26, United States Code. If you don't know the difference, you probably shouldn't have one.

2) With people like you doing the voting, they probably will be, because you have demonstrated with this question that you are ignorant, media-trained, easily led, and easily lied to. This means it is very likely you will believe the politicians when they say a ban is a good idea.

3) If you wanted an AR-15, I guess you shouldn't have procrastinated, then. Those of us who have seen this coming since Obama was elected are now saying "I told you so." -- which means you had FIVE YEARS to see the writing on the wall and you didn't buy one. Now it's too late. I have no sympathy for you whatsoever.

4) Since you keep reiterating your ignorance by using the term "assault rifle", I feel very little motivation to discuss anything else firearms-related with you until you can at least speak with some semblance of something other than drooling, slack-jawed, media-mesmerized ignorance.

5) Finally, the WHEN is rather hard to tell. Since I don't have a crystal ball, and also since I do not believe you possess the required understanding to even follow my evaluation of the available data in order to reach a probable conclusion, I'll do us both a favor and not waste our time.

Bottom line: You missed out. Too bad, so sad. Better luck next life.

Either that, or you could grow a brain and start to understand what's really going on.

But I'm not holding my breath.

@Alex - your ignorance and media brainwashing is showing, son. I don't think you should own a firearm until you're 18, if at all.

Nobody knows what is going to happen and saying much at this point is little more than speculation. Unfortunately the scare has pretty well depleted the market of all magazine fed semi-autos. It's hard to say how long it will take for the manufacturers to start producing again and even when they do the price won't go back down for another year or 2 and that's if nothing happens in congress. The knock down power of the .223 is nothing great. Growing up I wouldn't have used it for anything more (bigger) than coyotes. It was picked because it is a small round so you can carry a lot of ammo and it is very fast, flat shooting and accurate....it just lacks much stopping power because it is so small. For the military weight is a huge consideration in logistics all of the way down to the individual soldier and how much they can carry on a mission. The other part of the logic is a wounded enemy soldier is better than a dead one during a battle.

Hello Blaine!

First and foremost, the AR15 and its variants, are NOT "assault rifles", they are civilian (read semi-automatic) versions of the current US Service Rifle! The first "rifle" ever made to be identified as an "assault rifle" was the German "Sturmgewehr STG44" ... which was fully automatic capable, firing a pistol cartridge.

Second, the chances of an assault weapons ban going into effect in January is slim ... both Houses need to agree on identical versions of the billm pass it, then forward it to the White House ... and Congress never works fast! The only way (I think) we will see an "assault weapons ban" in place in January, is if the President passes another Executive Order ... like he just did granting the VP and Congress raises as the government id teetering on the "fiscal cliff"!

If you want to get an AR15 now, but can't find one ... consider the purchase of a "stripped" AR15 lower receiver, and build your rifle from there. Assembling the pistol grip, trigger assembly, buffer system, stock, bolt release and mag release are relatively simple. The, it is just a matter of finding a "complete upper" that meets your needs, and attaching it with the two pins! Complete uppers can be found easier now that complete rifles ... and few people seem to have considered building from a stripped receiver!

Good luck and good shooting!

Unlikely. Given the number in circulation, a ban isn't practical.

By the way, unless you were prepared to throw down about $20K and had an auto weapons tax stamp from the BATF, you weren't getting an assault rifle anyways. You might've been getting a semi-auto rifle with a pistol grip, muzzle brake, and possibly a bayonet lug.

It really depends on what the legislation says. The last time we had an AWB, there were holes big enough to drive a truck through. If you had an AR-15 with 10 round magazine and pistol grip, but no flash suppressor or bayonet lug, it was legal.

I doubt that it will happen in January. Just about anything other than a rimfire semi-auto is going to be more powerful than an AR-15.

NOBODY KNOWS.

And an AR-15 is not an assault rifle. No semi-automatic firearm is an assault rifle, no matter how much you read it in the media or see it in your favorite video game.

Not by that date, it will take months if not years to move another AWB through the senate and then congress. Your state may be different as in California the libtards hold a super majority and could pass a bill in days.

if they start banning weapons they might as well enslave all of us guns are our right