How useful are the guns for sports and hunting?
The right to arms is not only about sports and hunting, of course. It is primarily about defense. However, many guns affected by the “assault weapon” law are used for sports and hunting. The Colt AR-15 and Springfield M1A are the two center-fire rifles most commonly used for marksmanship competitions in the United States. Those rifles and similar rifles are used for hunting, since they use common hunting-caliber ammunition. Semi-automatic shotguns like Remingtons, Berettas and Benellis are very widely used for hunting and the popular shotgun sports of skeet, trap and sporting clays. Handguns that use magazines that hold more than 10 rounds are widely used in action-type marksmanship competitions, such as NRA Action Pistol and matches held under the rules of the International Practical Shooting Confederation and International Defensive Pistol Association. 8.
