The problem with Fudds is that they think that the Democrats aren’t interested in taking away their hunting rifle or shotgun. Democrats may go after modern sporting rifles and pistols first, but make no mistake about, once they have confiscated those, they will come for hunting rifles and shotguns. Fudds will have to learn that lesson the hard way.
Yup, Fudds will cheerfully support a ban on “any firearm based on a military weapon” right up until they find out that their precious deer gun is actually based on old military designs and will then get confiscated. Of course, by the time the Dems reveal that part, it will be too late as all the modern rifles will have been taken.
Most bolt actions are based in part or in full on a handful of military rifles. The Remington 700? It’s based on the Mauser 98, a German rifle that fought in both world wars as a general issue rifle. Winchester Model 70? Mauser-derived action. Winchester 94? Fought in WW1.
For those that don’t have military history, they will be classified as “high power sniper rifles” and confiscated that way.
More to the point, ALREADY the so-called “reasonable gun control advocates” are talking about quite ordinary “deer rifles”, like my 1954 vintage Model 760 in .300 Savage with 3X Redfield scope, as a “DANGEROUS sniper weapon”.
Some of the “more radical gun control advocates” want to BAN any firearm (YES, including shotguns) that have a “possible capacity” of 3 or more shots W/O reloading.
(Considering that most ANY shotgun, other than a single barrel or double barrel CAN be modified to fire 3 or more shots, that “bright idea”, if passed into law, would BAN all pump or semi-auto shotguns.)
Yours, TMN78247