Feinstein revives assault-weapons ban

[jimmy the one]

15. guns & whiskey

pipoman: There are millions of modern sporting rifles in private ownership...literally millions.

Same with cigarettes, cigars, & chewing tobaccos.

They are used extensively in competitive shooting sports all over the country.

So what? if you wanna shoot an assault rifle rent one at a controlled 'Assault Rifle Shooting Range'.
Or join a well regulated militia, like the nat gds, or the army or marine corps.

Every weekend within an hour or 2 of any place in this country there are many, many people shooting modern sporting rifles competitively and for entertainment.

I think your analogy needs work. What you say above could be maybe 10 shooting ranges (by air) involving maybe 20 people.
If you meant by car, well make it hundreds & thousands, but again who cares? who cares if some high minded gun enthusiasts 'love' to shoot assault rifles - lots of people 'love' to do hard drugs too, or drink & drive, or speed, or do nothing, or dominate others.
Who cares which gunnut put more bullet holes in a target of some despised gun grabber politician? the only thing most reasonable people care about is how far a wayward bullet can go when mis-shot from a target range.

This is without stating how many simple hunting rifles which have been used for generations are semi-automatic and have detachable magazines and/or thumb hole stocks. No, this one feature idea is DOA.

I asked people not to make this specious comparison. (weeping, weeping)

The AR platform has been the #1 selling rifle platform for 2 decades.

which is the leading whiskey brand? (followup, which hard liquor causes most cirrhosis of the liver?)