I too have been pondering this same issue. Should I get an AR in case the ban comes back around? I have no experience with AR's at all. Never fired one, never even held one. But I've always wanted one. I would have no clue what steps to take in starting to purchase a lower, uppper, etc and put it all together. One thing that has kept me from buying now that I've really wanted one more recently, is the dang price. if it's really cheaper to build one, maybe I should look into doing that. Now I guess it just comes down to researching how exactly to do that, and what to buy.