this do get ridiculous
Anti-gunners call it a "sniper rifle" and want to ban it, turn it into a NFA weapon, or otherwise restrict it (
http://www.vpc.org/graphics/snipcov2.pdf).
I recall back in the day of the Cuban Revolution (Castro overthrew dictator Batista and became the new dictator) there were frequent pictures of Fidel Castro posing with his arm de guerre, a Winchester Model 70 with what appeared to me to be a Weaver K4 'scope, the 1950s Elmer Fudd deer and antelope special. Or Commie Subversive Rifle.
And food for thought:
Meyer, G. E., (2009). Will it hurt me in court: weapons issues and the fears of the legally armed citizen. The Jury Expert, American Society of Trial Consultants, vol 21 no 5, Sept 2009, p 29-42.
http://www.thejuryexpert.com/2009/0...s-and-the-fears-of-the-legally-armed-citizen/
Based on Meyer, G.E., Banos, A.S., Gerondale, T., Kiriazes, K., Lanklin C.M. & Rinker, A.C. (2009). "Juries, Gender, and Assault Weapons", Journal of Applied Social Pscychology, 39, 945-972.
Mock jury (law students) given: Questionable shoot by homeowner against burglar caught stealing a VCR; burglar on order "don't move" curses, threatens to kill. Homeowner shoots and kills burglar. Mock jurors were presented with standard prosecution/defense arguments. Study was to check effect of weapon used on juror opinion. Six weapon choices were used, including AR-15 and Mini-14. Verdict of guilty of manslaughter was 65% if AR-15 was used, 45% if Mini-14 was used. If found guilty, AR-15 users got 7 to 9 years, versus ~2.5 years for Mini-14 users. The jurors were selected from Texas college students.