04-05-2013, 08:25 AM
davester wrote:
...most people don't know the difference...
Which is exactly why Obama would drop in "automatic" and anti-gun wackos use "scary" words to frighten the populace.
davester wrote:
and in many cases the difference is pretty close to irrelevant when you consider that a handheld machine gun can only be fired in short bursts and is virtually equalled in killing power by a semiauto slightly modified to allow rapid fire. You are arguing semantics that are irrelevant.
Killing power is not the same as Rate of Fire - which is what you're trying to argue.
A .223 Remington round has the same "killing power" whether it comes out of an M4 Military Select-Fire Automatic, AR-15 Semi-Automatic or Tikka T3 Bolt Action rifle.
And a semi-auto AR-15 is not "slightly modified" in order to become a full-auto weapon equivalent of the M4. It requires extensive knowledge, very skilled machine work, replacing the trigger, replacing the bolt carrier and obtaining a full-auto sear.
While there are alternatives than can force an AR-15 into something that is similar to full-auto, those bump fire methods require a technique that loses all tactical accuracy of the firearm in favor of "spray and pray" type of shooting.
davester wrote: The rapid-fire characteristics of many of the popular weapons of today have only one practical value...to mass slaughter whatever it is you're shooting at before the slaughterees can escape. Human or animal, neither is justified.
Obviously, you have little to no understanding of weapons or their use - but, as you said above: "most people don't know the difference..."