***I like target shooting. Not a fan of sport hunting. I am an animal lover, and believe they should only be hunted to be eaten.****
Get a load of this! GUN WEEK newspaper (March 16, 2009) reports that the State Department is looking into banning the import and export and of MILITARY CALIBER RIFLES and ammo, 5.56mm, .223, .308 Nato, .308 Winchester, .50, including BOLT ACTION RIFLES.
GW also reported the Government is trying to DEFINE what is SNIPER RIFLE based on barrel weight and diameter and rifle twist.
Get ready for it!
“GW also reported the Government is trying to DEFINE what is SNIPER RIFLE based on barrel weight and diameter and rifle twist.”
A federal ban on sniper rifles would be about as contrary to the purpose of the second amendment as you can get.
The Right to Bear Arms was well understood to be a natural right possessed by men prior to the writing of the constitution. That right was to be able to kill another person if need arose. Ownership of military usable weapons is what the second amendment protects.