The article is written in ignorance of course.
But what the AR15 CAN do is much more useful to the mass murderer than firing in “bursts”, which is much less useful for this sick purpose. With the semi auto AR15 one can very rapidly aquire, aim at and fire, one or two shots, and on to the next target very quickly. It’s the combination of handiness, low recoil, quick cycling, and enough rounds in the magazine. In a few seconds one can individually engage a dozen to two dozen targets.
Auto fire would be less effective. It would waste ammo, require more effort to control per engaged target. For a given number of rounds in the magazine and a given length of time, one can shoot more people semi auto than full auto. Full auto is meant for use in military situations to suppress the other side (get them to stay behind cover), which isn’t what the mass murderer wants to do. Frankly I don’t see why full auto weapons are banned, they are less deadly.
The ny slimes continues with their anti-gun ignorance. Who reads this pap? Morons?
“Frankly I don’t see why full auto weapons are banned, they are less deadly.”
That is an easy one. They were banned because not many people had them, for the reasons you give. So there was little support to stop the proposed “tax” system pushed hard by the full power of the FDR regime.
They are banned because FDR was able to push it through.
Originally, the ban was only for full autos transported across state lines. Later on, the Supreme Court kept on mutilating the meaning of the commerce clause to include everything, so it came to apply to all full autos, even those kept inside a single state’s boundaries.