@sneakypete @edpc
Yeah the 45-70 Govt. round is a man sized rifle round to be sure.
What I meant was..and I apologize for not being clearer...is that the left will systematically work their way through the myriad of firearms eliminating different categories as they become the next scary black rifle or death dealing semi-automatic menace.
AR's and their clones will be the first to go...then semi-auto pistols (after their capacity has been limited to 5 rounds)...then they'll go after the Pistol Caliber Carbines because they can spit out everything from .380 to 10mm at "near assault rifle velocities" (I know that's not the real case but the left will claim it's fact)...when they're done with those...THEN the'll come after the lever and bolt action rifles with detachable magazines because those will be the new "high capacity assault weapons" once the left has banned everything else. Revolvers that can hole more than 5 rounds in calibers above .38 Spcl will be next.
Some may laugh and roll their eyes at that...but if we start down the slippery slope and buy into this BS of "sensible gun control" it's where we'll end up. Every time the right gives an inch...the left takes three miles.
Well, we went from "you can own what you want" to "having to pay the transfer tax" to "having to be investigated and pay the transfer tax" to "unless you are police, military or a licensed dealer, you can't have one made after 1986", and from sending in the order form and waiting for the postman to bring your gun to Form 4473, NICS, waiting periods, and worse in some jurisdictions. It has been a
progressive and incremental assault, and it continues. We have yet for a Federal Legislature to remove, relax, or repeal such infringements on the Right. (The Clinton Era AWB sun-setted, it wasn't repealed.)
Roll my eyes and laugh? Oh, Hell No!
They (Dianne Feinstein, et. al.) have stated the intent to "...ban them all Mr. and Mrs. America...", and I fully believe that is their intent.