FILE - In this April 11, 2011, file photo retired FBI Special Agent John Hanlon describes the 1986 FBI shootout with Miami bank robbers, one of the deadliest in FBI history, in Miami. Hanlon was shot in the head, hand, groin and hip with a Ruger Mini-14 that had a folding stock. A different model of the same gun is on a list of exempted firearms in the gun-control legislation the Senate is currently considering. "What a joke," said Hanlon, who recalled lying on the street as brass bullet casings showered on him. "I can't imagine what the difference is." Both models take detachable magazines that hold dozens of rounds of ammunition. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
This undated evidence photo, provided by retired FBI agent Edmund Mireles, shows the Ruger Mini14 used by one of the shooters in the deadly April 11, 1986 bank robbery shootout in Miami that left two FBI agents dead and five others injured. New models of this firearm that have folding stocks and pistol grips would be banned under proposed gun control legislation under consideration in Congress. But a similar model without a folding stock would be exempted. Both models can take detachable magazines that hold dozens of rounds of ammunition. Mireles was among the five agents injured. (AP Photo/FBI)
President Barack Obama speaks about strengthening the economy for the middle class and the nations struggle with gun violence at an appearance at Hyde Park Academy, Friday, Feb. 15, 2013, in Chicago. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
WASHINGTON — Congress’ latest crack at a new assault weapons ban would protect more than 2,200 specific firearms, including a semi-automatic rifle that is nearly identical to one of the guns used in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history. One model of that firearm, the …
