My answer to your last question

My answer to your last question
by tsl4264 (2018-02-14 20:32:37)

In reply to: Not sure the answers to your questions. posted by LondonDomer

I own two semi-automatic weapons. One's a Remington 11-87 semi-automatic shotgun. I use it to shoot skeet, trap and sporting clays. I also use it occasionally to go dove hunting. The weapon is also suitable for other forms of bird hunting. It has a maximum load capacity of 5 shells, including one in the chamber. I also own a M1911A1 .45 caliber semi-automatic pistol that was my father's that he used in competitions when he was on the Army pistol team in the 1950s. I typically use that semi-automatic pistol with my son for target shooting about once a year.

Do I NEED my semi-automatic shotgun? Absolutely. I'm not fast enough with a pump shotgun to do well in any of the shooting activities where I use my shotgun.

Do I NEED my semi-automatic pistol? Yes, if I want to participate in a rapid-fire pistol competition. More imporantly, my .45 semi-automatic pistol is a very tangible connection between my father, me and my son, who will eventually get the pistol. I need that ongoing connection with my father, who is now deceased.

Listen, I own guns myself.

Some of them semi automatics. I like them. They’re fun to shoot. I was at one time a competitive target shooter who won international competitions.

But you don’t need to shoot clay pigeons. You don’t need to do that specific type of target shooting. You like to. It’s fun for you. But you just want to do it. The connection to your father, and I truly mean no disrespect, is a bit more complicated but you don’t really need the gun for that either. It’s just a physical thing that reminds you of him. A picture would do that too.

People need to live. Some people need to hunt for food, and a bolt action does just fine for that.

What's your point?

Where are you going with your argument? You make a skeptical challenge about a semi-automatic weapon and whether anyone "Like actually NEEDS it." You then say that a bolt-action rifle is sufficient for hunting, even if you need to hunt for food to live. Are you trying in a subtle way to indicate that you are in favor of banning private ownership of all semi-automatic weapons, regardless of the type of weapon or whether its normally accepted intended purpose is lawful because no private citizen really NEEDS it?

Rather than me trying unsuccessfully to guess, please help me out and tell me what is the endgame, if any, for the argument you are putting forth.

Yes. Ban semi autos. *

I don’t really agree with that.

A semi-auto pistol is about the most effective self defense tool out there, especially for women.

Most folks I know would argue a revolver is.

A far lesser chance of a jam or other mechanical failure. Maybe for the pull, but modern revolvers have fairly light triggers.

Well said. *