Gun control: then and now

This Saturday, comedian Seth Meyers weighed in on the gun control debate currently going on in the United States (I couldn't find a link that works in Canada, but its on Hulu if you're in the States.)  He suggested that if the American founding fathers were here today they wouldn't be supporting the right to bear arms as much as they would be horrified by what guns are now.  I thought that was a good point, so i decided to take a look at the differences between modern weaponry and the weaponry of 1787.

Rifles:
1787:
  

2011:



Handguns:
1787:

2011:

Close Range:
1787:

2011: