Yup, the last AWB included the prohibition on new NFA items which also violated the ban. They also ruled that unless your firearm was assembled as a complete "semi-automatic assault weapon" with all applicable evil features at the beginning of the ban, you could not take your pre-ban lower and assemble a banned rifle. So having registered lowers pre-dating the ban would not help if it follows the old rules.
On the flip side, they did rule that NFA items were exempt from 922(r) [the assembly from parts of a firearm not legal for imporation...blah, blah, blah].
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