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To: EQAndyBuzz
At least he got it right. They are “semi-automatic” weapons.

He got what right? That semi-automatic weapons were used in this latest tragedy (implied)? Indeed Glock pistols are semi-automatic and 9mm is not used for hunting.

But "semi-automatic" weapons are used very frequently when hunting. Many shotguns and hunting rifles are semi-automatic. Even .22 weapons come in semi-automatic and I would not say those are designed to kill people. Rats, birds and squirls maybe, but not people. A .22 placed precisely can be lethal no doubt, but so can an air rifle.

39 posted on 12/17/2012 10:22:59 AM PST by Tenacious 1 (The Click-&-Paste Media exists & works in Utopia, riding unicorns & sniffing pixy dust.)
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To: Tenacious 1

I’ve heard that some semi-auto .22s can hold up to 17 hollow points.


43 posted on 12/17/2012 10:30:59 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: Tenacious 1

No, what he got right was he didn’t call them automatic weapons like those in the media do and what Democrats consider to be “assault rifles.”


44 posted on 12/17/2012 10:31:16 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (You cant bring something to its knees that refuses to stand on its own)
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