Nerd:

I did not change the subject, I was not on Mudcat to respond...

The M14 has been classified as a fully automatic weapone, and thus was banned for private ownership without special permits long before the "Assult Weapons Ban" ditto the AKS. The M1A and SKS are the semi-automatic versions, which in SOME configurations were covered by the ban. Bot proponents and opponents of the ban agree that it was ineffectual.