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They damn well are carrying handguns with "extended clips".

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service#Training_and_weaponry
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As of 2012, Special Agents and Uniformed Division Officers carry the SIG Sauer P229 chambered for the .357 SIG cartridge, or the FN Five-seven pistol chambered for the 5.7×28mm cartridge. Agents and Officers are also trained on shoulder weapons such as the Remington 870 shotgun and the FN P90 and HK MP5 submachine guns.

Special tactical units such as the Counter Assault Team (CAT) and the Emergency Response Team (ERT) are equipped with the Knights Armament SR-16 assault rifle chambered for 5.56x45mm ammunition.
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The Sig Sauer P229, carries 13 rounds of 9mm Parabellum ( http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/p229.aspx ).
The FN Five-Seven takes a 20 round magazine. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FN_Five-seven

Yes, indeed they are "armed with anything this legislation is trying to ban/limit."

They are not armed with anything this legislation is trying to ban/limit.

The Secret Service now carries as its sidearm Sig Sauer P229s in .357 SIG, which has a capacity of 12 rounds which would be illegal per this legislation.

It also uses FN Hernstal P90 submachine guns as a close combat/carry weapon, and that weapon also violates the proposed legislation.

Happy now, dumb ass?

I don't know, are you?

SIG seems to market it as a "patrol rifle". I don't think they're positioning it as a hunting rifle, although I suppose you could hunt with it anyway.

Forest patrol ? Some one needs to keep those pesky bears from stealing lunch boxes and starting fires.

What's a "high-caliber" assault rifle?

I was wondering this myself, so here is the SIG Sauer page on the 716:

Familiar Handling, Unfamiliar Power, SIG SAUER has taken the proven features of the SIG516 and applied them into a potent AR-based rifle chambered in 7.62 x 51mm. Utilizing the short stroke pushrod operating system, an M1913 Mil-Std rail, free-floating barrel, aluminum quad rail forend, telescoping stock, and Magpul PMAG, the SIG716 is the rifle of choice when you require the power of a larger caliber carbine.

So apparently 7.62mm is "large caliber" according to SIG, but they say this is a "carbine" or "patrol rifle", but not an "assault rifle" or "assault weapon" :)

I didn't read if there was ammo to go with the rifle. No ammo the rifle is not much better then a baseball bat or golf club. Both of which are legal to have in DC and make a better club then the rifle does.

Ammo is relatively easy to get, the rifle had no ammo in the box because the rifle uses standard 7.62 X 51 mm NATO rounds. You can load it with commercial .308 Winchester rounds if NATO-standard rounds are not available.
http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/sig716-patrol-rifle.aspx

WARNING: NEVER USE THEM THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Never use NATO rounds in rifles made only for regular Winchester ammo. A 7.62 X 51 mm NATO round is slighlty thicker, packs more explosive powder than a .308 civilian round and might jam and shatter the chamber of a regular weapon, leading to serious injuries for the user.

see: http://www.303british.com/id36.html
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.308_Winchester )

http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/sig716-patrol-rifle.aspx "Familiar Handling, Unfamiliar Power, SIG SAUER® has taken the proven features of the SIG516â and applied them into a potent AR-based rifle chambered in 7.62 x 51mm. " Who in the heck see this as a hunting rifle ? American apparentely. This might not be an assault rifle (even if AR chambered can be misleading) but this is not a "hunting" weapon by all mean.

Wow, that is an amazingly ignorant claim. Anyone who looks beyond the cosmetics of the silhouette and black plastic would think otherwise.
.308 Winchester ammunition, a popular hunting calibre.
Accurate, yes,
Mounts a scope, yes.
5-round magazine, as per hunting regulations.
Semi-automatic, like many another hunting rifles.

So how is it different from common hunting rifles in non-cosmetic terms?

The gun is chambered for a 7.62 NATO round. That's like a .30 caliber bullet. A pretty common caliber for anyone who hunts medium sized game. It's a semi-auto rifle as well, so nothing incredible about that. If you ignore the 20 roiund clip, this rifle doesn't do anything out of the ordinary except look "scary".

A Barret .50 would have been much more exciting to receive.

http://www.sigsauer.com/CatalogProductDetails/sig716-patrol-rifle.aspx

"Familiar Handling, Unfamiliar Power, SIG SAUER® has taken the proven features of the SIG516â and applied them into a potent AR-based rifle chambered in 7.62 x 51mm. "


Who in the heck see this as a hunting rifle ? American apparentely. This might not be an assault rifle (even if AR chambered can be misleading) but this is not a "hunting" weapon by all mean.

SIG seems to market it as a "patrol rifle". I don't think they're positioning it as a hunting rifle, although I suppose you could hunt with it anyway.

May I suggest:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/
http://www.colt.com/
http://www.remington.com/
http://www.glock.com/
http://www.sigsauer.com/ (personal favorite!)
http://www.hk-usa.com/
http://www.uzi.com/