[Inyo-Mono]

The mayor pointed to the gun debate and noted the courts have allowed for increasingly stringent regulations in response to ever-more powerful weapons

What "ever- more powerful weapons"? A so called modern "assault rifle" can't hold a candle compared to an 1870s 45-70 in terms of sheer power.

[elkfersupper]

A so called modern "assault rifle" can't hold a candle compared to an 1870s 45-70 in terms of sheer power.

Indeed. I own one that looks like this. Bloomie would freak out if he saw it.