It was never about "weapons of war". They don't want to stop at the AR-15. They've always wanted the common guns most of us have.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/24/politics/biden-assault-weapons-mass-shootings/index.html
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/24/politics/biden-assault-weapons-mass-shootings/index.html
Quote:
"The idea (that) we still allow semiautomatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it's just sick. It has no social redeeming value, zero, none. Not a single, solitary rationale for it,"