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In reply to the discussion: Help me out with weapon terminology please [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)I have a semi auto shot gun. Inherited it from my grandfather. Made in the 50s. Every time I pull the trigger it fires. And I can pull the trigger really fast. But it only holds 5 shells. And it takes me several minutes to reload.
The difference is these military styled rifles that hold 20-30+ bullets. We did not have these type guns in the 60s, 70s or 80s. Yeah, Ruger made the ranch gun but it was a small market.
Until we had rifles that could shoot 20-30 rounds(bullets) per minute we did not have these mass shootings. We had semi-automatic rifles, but most hunter did not like them because of decreased accuracy. But even they only held 4-6 bullets. No one is doing a mass shooting having to spend time to reload a gun that only holds 5 bullets. Certainly not killing 20 people.
My deer rifle is pretty much a sniper weapon. I can and do kill deer out to 300 yards. And there are better shots than me by far. But it only holds 4 bullets and I have to manually eject the spent casing. No one is killing 20 people with that gun.
Unfortunately, we cant just confiscated the high capacity rifles. But we can do a forced buy back. Heller allows tons of firearms regulation.
I would be willing to make them illegal and pay billions to pay their owners. But its not happening. There are quite a few on DU who disagree!
They love their guns.