30-30 lever actions actually make a very nice "politically correct assault rifle." It can go places without comment that you couldn't take a "battle rifle" without hassles or worse, yet it can do a very nice job of defending your homestead or camping site. It takes a little practice, but it cas throw out a lot of lead in the AK-47 ballistics league.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's the Washington Compost. But, the writer is Stephen Hunter, author of the Bob (The Nailer) Lee Swagger books.