My first urban assault rifle was a Marlin '94 lever-action carbine in .357 Magnum. I was looking for a Winchester at the time, but they disappeared right about then. I've always wanted one, and I figured it would be way down on the list of guns that might be banned.
They are way down the list, being manually operated, but if we go around calling them "urban assault rifles" expect the gun banners to add them/move them up on their list.
Once upon a time, in the past, a tongue in cheek reference to something that wasn't, as an "assault rifle" was harmless. Not so today.
I have read than in Vietnam snipers achieved hits with 1.7 rounds while the average GI or Marine needed something like 20,000. But how many of us have what it takes to be a sniper?
That is an "apples and watermelons" comparison. In Vietnam (and still today) snipers fire individual shots at individual targets, and they
aim.
The average GI or Marine fires a full auto weapon, and a large part of it is "suppressive" fire. The whole "rounds fired per enemy hit" is a misleading thing, and NOT AT ALL applicable to civilian use.
You can find "number of rounds fired per enemy hit/killed" numbers for WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and I'm sure now for Irag/Afghanistan...
I don't know the numbers for the "sandbox wars" but I do know that the number of rounds fired per hit has gone UP every war since WW I.
Now, it might be that the enemy is more crafty each new war, or it might mean we're not teaching (or requiring) our guys to shoot well, but I think it most likely is that as time progressed we equipped our troops with rifles that held more rounds and fired them faster. WWI = bolt action 5 shot magazine.
WWII = semi auto 8rnd (M1 Garand) and semi auto 15 rnd (M1 carbine)
Korea = WWII small arms
Vietnam - Select fire (semi and full auto) 20 and 30 round magazines (M16).
I don't see the lever gun as a huge disadvantage for a private citizen, and might just be a better choice, simply because not having 30rnd on tap with a fast mag change might just discourage shooting when its not absolutely needed.
The popular fantasy is defending your home mowing down the mob of mutant ninja biker zombies with a AK, or AR type weapon, but consider that shooting at such a mob attracts their attention where you might have otherwise gone unnoticed....