Despite the fact that recent polls show that support for an "assault weapons" ban is at an all-time low

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/assault-weapons-ban-poll_56715c23e4b0dfd4bcbff62e
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/now-oppose-assault-weapons-ban-doubts-stopping-lone/story?id=35778846

the anti-gun supporters have been pushing new bans on what they either don't understand (or don't care). We know that in the end that the target is ALL semi-autos. The anti-gunners are not shy about listing Australia as one of their models.

Here's is what is going on --

HR4269 was filed in the U.S. House:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4269/titles
Details are sketchy since there is no summary or text of the bill yet, but rumors say that it is targets any semi-auto that can take a >10rd mag and has one "tactical" feature.
No word if wearing cargo pants counts as a tactical feature.

More frighteningly the California Lt. Governor is finishing up work on a State-wide initiative that does even worse - a total outright ban without any grand fathering. No due process? How progressive.
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/its-time-to-ban-assault-style-weapons-high-capacity-magazines/

I can only think of all the people who have been calling gun owners "paranoid" and saying that "nobody wants to take your guns away."
Yeah, right.