I think America will ban automatic and semiautomatic assault rifles. Even the half of congress that received election cash from the NRA will have to back away from the party line because if they're up for reelection in 2014, they won't get the usual votes. They will go by-by. By refusing the NRA gambit and supporting the ban they can at least look concerned for their electorate while holding sacrosanct the Second Amendment. What the USA will do about those already in people's possession I don't know.