yeah, i guess it's really the handguns that are an issue... well, maybe the automatic weapons, too (seriously, do you need an automatic assault rifle to hunt deer?). it's much harder to commit an armed assault with a hunting rifle... and it's not exactly easy to kill large numbers of people in a short span of time with non-automatic weapons that have a maximum of 10 rounds per clip (that's a not-uncommon clip size limit in some states here, anyway).