Safer for his Caliphate Brothers is what he wants.
My “venerable” M16 I carried sometimes in Vietnam was NOT automatic...It was semi-auto and had a three shot burst selector...
I trusted an M14 more than the ‘16....
"to purchase tens of thousands of Spencers, their automatic fire changing the war’s course. "
It would be nice if a big outfit like the Washington Times could afford someone who actually knows something about guns to read articles about guns before they publish them.