Daryl wrote:I did say semi autos. We ban semi auto rifles and shotguns, and restrict the magazine size of pump actions.
I remember using my SKK (Chinese semi auto variation of an AK47) to roll a tin along for the full 30 rounds, also to cut a very high branch off a tree along a future electricity line route, then its primary use of hunting feral pigs in thick undergrowth. They are seductive, being so easy to use and have dramatic results.
FBI data shows that rifles of any type are used to commit a bit more than 2% of gun homicides (excluding shootings by police police). Extrapolating from the detailed, caliber specific data on homicides of police less than 1% of US homicides are committed with military style, semiautomatic rifles. Far more people are killed by police armed with assault riles. Only a bit more than 2% of criminal homicides in US are committed with shotguns of any type. Extrapolation from detailed data on homicides of police suggests that 1/2% of homicides are committed with semiautomatic shotguns (which are very, very common hunting weapons). The Remington 870, pump action favored by Elmer Fudds is by far the shotgun of choice for cop killers and other criminals.