Further reflection and fact finding reveals my local sheriffs data/info on the prevalence of "assault" weapons at 30% of the gunowners encountered is somewhat biased!!!

Probably by the nature of the scummy people he deals with.

Stats during the 10 years of the assault weapons ban reveal that over 5 million such weapons were purchased vs a total of 50 million total for those years--they were 10% of the weapons bought.

Moral-The bad guys DO seek out such firearms preferentially-- you had better be prepared to deal with such scum.