'Assault Weapons' Bans Are Just the Beginning

By Isaac Martin

With Senator Feinstein's gun control bill, another anti-gun deluge has crashed over gun owners. After viewing her weapons ban list, I wonder if another rifle should be added: the Karabiner 98K, or 98K for short. On the surface, this rifle has zero assault weapon attributes. In fact, it's well-suited for hunting, even though the Second Amendment isn't about that. Start with it being a bolt-action -- i.e., the bolt has to be operated for every shot. Hence, after a shot, the shooter operates the bolt, which ejects the empty shell and, upon closing, loads a fresh round for the next shot. It's loaded via a stripper clip which holds 5 rounds. Bolt open, the clip -- not the magazine -- is inserted, and the rounds are pushed into the gun's internal magazine. With the bolt closed, the rifle is loaded and ready to fire. Since it holds only 5 rounds, this gun would be legal in New York, with its new 7-round-magazine maximum. The rifle fires a 7.92mm bullet that.... (Read Full Article)