My only knock on Shapiro's stance (Aside from his placations on Mental Health) was that he wasn't well versed on Reagan's stance either, the left is holding up this letter from Reagan, but what people need to realize is the definitions of "Assault Weapons" has changed DRAMATICALLY from the 1980's and even early 90's. When you were talking "Assault Weapons" in the 1980's, you were talking fully automatic, sometimes with grenade launchers attached...

In 1994 that changed to include some "Semi-Automatics" that were hardly more than asthetically different from a lot of "Deer" Rifles that weren't included in that Ban...

Since the political definition of what an "Assault Weapon" is has changed so much over the years, it's hardly fair to lump Reagan into the same camp as the people we're fighting today...