===== The lament of the AHSA supporter =====

First they came for the machine guns, and I didn't speak up
because I have a Remington 700, and who needs a machine gun to
hunt with?

Then they came for the "assault weapons," and I didn't speak up
because I have a Remington 700 and who needs an "assault weapon"
to hunt with?

Then they came for the .50 caliber rifles, and I didn't speak up
because I have a Remington 700, and who wants to hunt with a .50
caliber rifle anyway (apart from those black powder nuts)?

Then they came for the semiautomatic handguns, and I didn't speak
up because I have a Remington 700, and who hunts with a pistol?
(Though those big-bore hunting revolvers are kinda neat, in a
sick way.)

Then they came for the rest of the semiautomatic rifles, and I
didn't speak up because I have a Remington 700, and anyone who
needs more than one shot isn't a real hunter.

Then they came for the high-power sniper rifles; and even though
my Remington 700 has a scope, and fires a round that will go
through a car door, and I can hit the eye of an elk at 500 yards
with it (not that I'm bragging or anything), the Second Amendment
_says_ we can have guns for hunting, and I only use it one week a
year for _hunting_.

But there was no one left to speak up for me, and they took it away.