What is an assault weapon? Part two

The text I quoted in part one is just a small part of that huge crime bill that passed in 1994.
Our friend Bill Clinton had won a major victory.  But, no one seemed to be able to explain how the banning of these weapons, or more specifically some certain features, would make us all safer.

So, with the renewed calls for an "assault weapons ban", please tell me how effective the last one was.  Specifically, tell me how a pistol style grip, a flash suppressor, threads on the end of a barrel, a grenade launcher (with no possibility of obtaining grenades), or a heat sheild make a gun more dangerous.  Please, I'm listening.

This is an AK style rifle produced under the ban.
It fires the same ammunition.  It's really the same gun.  But it has a traditional stock, no flash hider, a lower capacity magazine, and a few other cosmetic details.

Below is a modern AK rifle that you can buy today.  As you can see it has a number of features that were banned under the 94 bill.  It has a folding stock, pistol grip, and a big bad magazine.  Only the magazine does anything to do with the fire power of the weapon.  We can debate that later.  The rest of the changes are really cosmetic.  And that is precisely the point.  People who know nothing of firearms are telling us what we can own based upon what characteristics they find scary.  They saw Rambo do some crazy stuff in a movie with a gun that looked scary to them, so they feel like if it looks like Rambo, it must be bad.