Originally Posted by roachboy

the nra?
i think that organization made an enormous mistake scurrying to the extreme right. now they're stuck there. one consequence of that is arguments that they generate are self-evidently geared toward the extreme right. it didn't have to be that way--they had a choice and could just as easily have remained an organization that advocated in a non-partisan manner for gun owners---but they didn't.

i am agnostic on the question of gun control, btw. i support it in cities. i am less in favor of it in other geographical areas. but i am definitely in favor of it in urban environments.

Originally Posted by flstf

Yes. Semi-auto has nothing to do with automatic, machine guns were and are already illegal. It just means the rifle will fire one shot each time the trigger is pulled. The assault rifle ban did not get rid of guns that fire this way, only ones that look mean. In my opinion it was just a stupid political gimmick. There are many other threads here discussing these gun law issues.