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Originally Posted by puffnstuff
What 'sport' requires semi automatic fire? Is it a 'gee itd be nice if I didnt have to cycle the bolt manually to shoot at that target again' or is there an actual sport that requires the kind of fire rate a semi automatic can only provide?
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One round with one pull of the trigger is one round with one pull of the trigger, regardless of the action required to cycle the action. With practice, you can get very, very quick with even a bolt action. Often with better accuracy than a semi. Semi-auto vs. pump action vs. bolt action, it's not going to make a difference if someone decides to break the law using a firearm.
Either way, the comment I made was regarding the ridiculous assertion of many people that having a pistol grip or small piece of metal to reduce muzzle flash or cover a hot barrel suddenly turns a rifle from a "sporting gun" to an "assault weapon".
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Well perhaps that is a small price to pay to save thousands of lives. Do you have a better idea how to save those lives?
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I'd say that increasing access to good mental health care would do a lot to decrease the largest contributor to the gun death numbers (suicide). Followed by actually addressing the social and economic reasons people are committing crimes in the first place. If you got rid of all guns overnight, people will still kill themselves and each other. The drive should be to reduce those things happening by any means.