“...did that make it more or less deadly than a modern day “assault” rifle sitting in your gun cabinet that hasn’t shot anyone...???”
Wait till they start pushing the average hunting scoped 30-06 as a sniper rifle. Because in reality, that’s exactly what it is and does. To very great distances and with great accuracy.
And it’s WAY more deadly in anything but a spray and pray situation.
“...hunting scoped 30-06 as a sniper rifle....”
Nahh....COULDN’T be...it doesn’t have an evil “pistol grip”...doesn’t have an evil “bayonet lug”...doesn’t have an evil “30-round ‘clip’”...or an evil “flash suppressor”...or made of black umm, err, whatever it’s made of...yeah...that’s the ticket...
Why, jes’ ever’body KNOWS that that be’s the ONLY criteria for an “assault rifle!”
And that li’l ol’ deer rifle is only for Deer, after all, Norm!!!