Believe me, Feinstein wants your scoped rifle (and mine) for exactly the reason you give: for these goblins, personal defense is not sufficient justification for owning guns and besides, that’s not a rifle, it’s a “medium range sniper weapon” and they think it should be banned.
Yes, that is true. And it would not be a bad idea if we could get through to the hunters who currently may be not terribly concerned about their rifles since they are not the “scary” kind.
We need to tell them that it won’t be long before their guns are described as “medium range sniper weapons,” as you point out.