"I don't know that. I've heard that claim made by the Brady Campaign and other gun-control advocates, as an excuse to ban semi-automatic firearms."
If I can build a rifle - and I can - I can convert a semi-automatic to a fully automatic. I know what the Brady nuts say. Not matter what the facts, they simply want to ban all guns - regardless if it is a single shot muzzle-loader or a a BB rifle or a picture of a gun - they are nuts - fanatics.
Persoanlly, I don't see what challenge there is in using a semi=automatic to hunt game or vermin. I guess if you want to eterminate a pest like coyotes, they have their usefulness.
"I don't know that. I've heard that claim made by the Brady Campaign and other gun-control advocates, as an excuse to ban semi-automatic firearms."
I saw a special on TV about Eskimos who use a .22 to shoot polar bears. They just get real close and use the right shot placement - not for me. They are also the Mafia's weapon of choice - again - get real close, make little noise but proper shot placement in the head.
"While we both know the Second Amendment isn't about hunting, there are too many legislators who don't. "
In my correspondence with most legislators, most of them haven't the foggiest notion of the difference between a fully automatic and semi-automatic and couldn't care less. Most of the bills they introduce are written by legilstiave aides who know even less than they do. I had interesting conversations with idiots who want to ban .50 caliber guns of all types and didn't even know Brown Bess'used in Revolutionary War re-enactments were .75 caliber.
I guess I'm a bit of an elitist. I remember reading "The Man-Eaters of Kumoun" by Corbett. He used a bolt action or a double barreled gun. And some bolt actions have removable magazines.
And therein lies your problem.
A semi-automatic rifle takes no less skill to hit a target than a bolt-action or lever-action rifle.
What do you think? Do you think people go into the woods with semi-autos, with 30-round mags, and hose down everything in sight? If so, you're just as ignorant as Jim Zumbo.
In my experience, people who hunt with semi-autos fire one round at a time, just like people who hunt with bolt-actions and lever-actions.
Second of all, not everyone hunts for "sport" or the "challenge".
I hunt for meat.
I guess I'm a bit of an elitist.
You also sound very much like Carolyn McCarthy, who I quote in post #318.