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Please read the 'talk' page for the AWB article. The matter has been discussed previously. Scrubbing the word cosmetic from the article because it doesn't appear in the law isn't a valid reason. The cited sources state that the differences are cosmetic. It is the cited sources that matter here. Anastrophe (talk) 22:15, 9 August 2013 (UTC)

I did read the 'talk' page for the AWB article. There were only three identifiable participants in the conversation. Certainly, no-one invited me. But at any rate, the cited sources do not support the claim that assault weapons features are cosmetic. The NRA citation does not work, and the VPC citation says, "Soon after its passage in 1994, the gun industry made a mockery of the federal assault weapons ban, manufacturing 'post-ban' assault weapons with only slight, cosmetic differences from their banned counterparts." That is not the same as saying that the banned features were cosmetic. Lightbreather (talk) 00:05, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

The specific citation for the graf in question states that the differences are cosmetic. While the VPC cite does not directly state that the banned features were cosmetic, the implication is the same. If a feature detailed in the law was functional, it is not possible to circumvent it with a cosmetic change. The matter is cited. Anastrophe (talk) 00:23, 10 August 2013 (UTC)

I can't argue with you about this indefinitely. I will start some sort of dispute process, after I decide which one seems most appropriate. Do you have the article locked right now? I am trying to fix the link to the NRA citation, which has been moved from nra.org to the NRA-ILA page. Lightbreather (talk) 00:29, 10 August 2013 (UTC)