Which boils down to banning civilian rifles (usually lower-powered ones) with handgrips and magazines that stick out, nontraditional muzzle accessories (flash suppressors instead of brakes or compensators), etc. on the grounds that they are an existential threat to public safety, "the weapons of choice of criminals", "only useful for mass murder", etc. Contrary to the media meme, they're rarely used in homicides.

The difference between "assault weapons" and "sporting rifles"...




I shoot this centerfire .22 (Rock River Arms LAR-15), so I do have a direct interest re: proposed rifle bans.