Are automatic rifles illegal?
(2+ / 0-) Recommended by: Shadan7, Kimball Cross This is all very confusing to me. I like guns. Some are just really neat. Any weapon can be an assault weapon in a particular given circumstance. What makes it a weapon is the short circuited brain waves of the owner. I also agree that pistols take more lives than rifles. I have no problem with hunters as long as the animal is taken with a clean shot by a responsible person and is for food. Trophy hunters kill the best specimens of the species and I do not like that. Take a camera and film those magnificent specimens. Sorry, I get carried away. by UFOH1 on Thu Feb 26, 2009 at 03:41:36 PM PST [ Parent ] Fully automatic weapons are illegal, except (3+ / 0-) Recommended by: Shadan7, UFOH1, Kimball Cross for the military, SWAT-type teams, and licensed collectors; fully automatic weapons continue to fire as long as the trigger is depressed or until the magazine is empty. SEMI-automatic weapons are generally legal and fire each time the trigge