Don't worry dude, good luck buying an assault rifle in america
clockwork, i know you live in Maryland, if you need instruction on purchasing a assault rifle, let me know, i can guide you through the steps since Maryland went full retard after the last school shooting propaganda. Unfortunately, loop holes exist and purchasing assault rifles is still just about the same as before, luckily for me, im "grandfathered" in, and therefore the assault weapons i have, remain mine, even though the laws on them have changed.
Honestly, a better analogy would be alcohol laws in Europe vs Teen drinking in the U.S. The different cultures give different views, and have their own issues due to them.