Since the election of Barack Obama to the presidency, a consistent stream of chatter has been heard from the legislature, and from the president-elect himself, pertaining to a permanent assault weapons ban. Mr. Obama’s transition website, change.gov, reveals his agenda to include reviving the failed 1994 “assault weapons ban” to create a permanent ban on semi-automatic firearms that look scary enough to be considered military-grade. His agenda calls this “common sense” gun legislation.