Power Duh Alert!
Reuters reveals that Lawmakers Urge FTC to Probe Sniper Weapon Sales:

Several Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the marketing of military sniper rifles to civilians, noting that such a weapon may be involved in the recent Washington area shootings.

Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the top Democrat on the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, and three fellow House Democrats wrote in a letter to the FTC that sniper weapons are different from standard hunting rifles because they are designed to strike a target from a distance.

It kind of makes you wonder what hunting rifles are designed to do.

And don't tell the Reps about arrows. Or stones.