What will defang the argument that a weapon has no sporting purpose is smacking
politicians upside the head when they claim that "sporting purpose" matters.

We also need to smack upside the head our fellow gun owners who claim that
sporting purpose matters.

I rarely hunt, I compete as a form of training not sport, the majority of my
shooting is related to self-defense training and informal recreational shooting
(aka plinking). I am a shooter not a sportsman.

To paraphrase, "They came for the .50 BMG rifles and I did nothing for I didnt
own a .50 BMG, they came for the centerfire semi-auto rifles and I said nothing
for I didnt own one...finally they came for the single shot shotguns and no one
helped me because all the other types of gun owners were gone.

--- In guntotingliberals@yahoogroups.com, Eric Sowers <rochefort46@...> wrote:
>
> I don't think he's even going to mess with the semi-autos. I notice
> that quite a few manufacturers are making AR's that are specifically
> designed for hunting medium-sized game, which is good because it
> defangs the argument that they have no sporting purpose.
>