Reply #138: Considerably more Americans lawfully own "assault weapons" than hunt.

[benEzra]

And probably ten times as many Americans own defensive-style handguns as target pistols.

FWIW, many hunting weapons are closer to being "weapons of war" than AR-15's and such are. The U.S. military issue sniper rifle is the Remington Model 700 bolt-action, the Vietnam sniper rifle was the Winchester Model 70, most bolt guns are derived from the German Mauser infantry rifle, and the most popular deer caliber in America (.30-06 Springfield) was originally developed to kill human beings at extreme ranges.

Non-automatic civilian AR-15's and non-automatic civilian AK's, on the other hand, have never been used by any military on this planet.