Ben, nothing against you, but maybe your not looking into enough about what these anti-gun people want. They want your guns!!!! They couldn't care less if it's a shotgun, rifle, muzzy, or a AR, they want them ALL!!!! ANY anti gun legislation is just a start, it will be pushed further and further until they reach their goal.
I'm not some kind of NRA radical, i'm just a regular "joe" who can see through this stuff. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but believe me, when it comes to animal rights people, and anti-gun peopole, don't trust a word they say. Anti-gun wants to ban ALL guns, they will just start with smaller battles like AR's, etc. Same with the animal rights groups, they start small battles, cougars in CA., bears in Jersey, etc. But the goal of the anti-gun groups is to eliminate ALL guns, and the goal of the anti-hunting groups is to eliminate ALL hunting. No matter what they say. You can take that to the bank.
Give them a inch, they will take a mile, is never more true than with anti-gun groups.
Read up on the gun control progression in England, and see where they are at today, and how fast it can happen.