The National Institute of Justice found that the ban hadn't reduced gun crime or crime involving high capacity magazines, and that the effects of renewing the ban were likely to be small at best and perhaps too small for reliable measurement.It then added: Assault weapons were rarely used in gun crimes even before the ban.
Source: Updated Assessment of the Federal Assault
Weapons Ban: Impacts on Gun Markets and
Gun Violence, 1994-2003
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/204431.pdf
Finestiens proposal would do nothing more than rob citizens of their rights and turn otherwise good citizens into instant felons, by having them in possesion of banned articles. This proposal is nothing more than a stepping stone toward stricker control.. guns are just the first step.