I understand his point-
OK. Stop. Read what I'm writing here. Stay with me.
I understand his point. He thinks that if he can draw a line between "his" people, hunters, and the members of the gun community that currently have the Brady Bunch spun up, the users of EBRs and handguns, that he will make it less likely that the Brady Bunch will come after the guns that he likes.
He's wrong, because he is an idiot, but I can at least see his logic.
What will happen is that they will enact "reasonable" gun control and ban EBRs and handguns. Then someone will go on a rampage with a shotgun, and they'll push to ban those-
Oops! Already happening. Poor Mr. Zumbo, hardly finished speaking and already overtaken by events.
Anyway. After we get rid of the evil black rifles, then the handguns, then the shotguns, someone will go on a sniping ramgape with a hunting rifle, and he will suddenly find his beloved precision bolt gun labeled a sniper rifle and yanked out of his hands.
He might be intelligent enough to repent of his actions, but I would not bet on it.
Mike