Semi auto are not needed for self defense. HA!! Reporter needs to live in one of those MacMansions located in a rural suburbia. With unemployment going up, guarantee crime will go up along with home invasions of wealthy homes. Will not be done by one guy with a pistol, it will be four or more youths with guns. Try defending your family and self with one revolver or single shot rifle/shotgun. I think the reporter will want more than a semi auto rifle, like an assault rifle with a 30 round mag minimum. Problem with these reporters are they think everyone lives in a built up area with cops around the corner. They forget that the rest of the country live in rural and semi rural areas where cops are miles away.