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Why didn't the school shooter use a fully automatic rifle? Seems like he could have done more damage that way.
Maybe he didn't realize how easy it is to remove the sear from that Bushmaster, which would make it a fully automatic firearm?
You do realize it's much harder to make a semiautomatic (one round per trigger pull) operate properly than it is to make an automatic (keeps firing while trigger is pulled) operate properly?
The Army uses fully automatic weapons to suppress return fire, not to kill people.
Say what?
(ps: I carried an automatic weapon in war and know perfectly well what it was used for.)
Why didn't the school shooter use a fully automatic rifle? Seems like he could have done more damage that way.
Maybe he didn't realize how easy it is to remove the sear from that Bushmaster, which would make it a fully automatic firearm?
You do realize it's much harder to make a semiautomatic (one round per trigger pull) operate properly than it is to make an automatic (keeps firing while trigger is pulled) operate properly?
I recall that won't work on civilian AR's made after the early 70's.
Things would probably have turned out better if he had used a FA weapon. After the first couple rounds, the recoil tends to make most of the shots go wild, usually high and (for a right-handed shooter) right.
I don't think bozo with the gun was, either.
Why wouldn't he have used a grenade launcher? Seems highly coincidental that his weapons of choice (and he can choose any weapon he likes, being non-law abiding) - happened to be in his mom's collection!
Those were the weapons he stole. Perhaps he knew of no one with a grenade launcher, I don't know. What exactly are you suggesting?
He is suggesting himself to be an attention whore.
The Army uses fully automatic weapons to suppress return fire, not to kill people.
Say what?
(ps: I carried an automatic weapon in war and know perfectly well what it was used for.)
If you carried it in Vietnam, that is where we learned the lesson of when to use, and when not to use, full auto. Today, full auto is used to suppress enemy fire, while semi (or three round burst) is used to take down an enemy soldier. We wasted a TON of ammunition in Vietnam when our guys all had full auto firearms.
Any ideas? He isn't law abiding. So nothing should have stopped him from getting a fully automatic rifle.
Any ideas? He isn't law abiding. So nothing should have stopped him from getting a fully automatic rifle.
Ignorance and idiocy doesn't run in your family, because you've got it all. If you knew anything about history, you would know that in 1934 FDR restricted the sale of fully automatic firearm to a limited few. Essentially fully automatic arms are not available to honest Americans except Police Departments, gun collectors, the movie industry and gun manufacturers.
Seems like he could have done more damage that way.
Not really. A fully automatic firearm does not necessarily do more damage. It generally means a lot more misses.
That must be why the military uses them. Because they aren't any more useful at killing people than semi-automatics.
Not really. A fully automatic firearm does not necessarily do more damage. It generally means a lot more misses.
That must be why the military uses them. Because they aren't any more useful at killing people than semi-automatics.
Again, the military will select semi auto fire when actually shooting at a bad guy.
Not really. A fully automatic firearm does not necessarily do more damage. It generally means a lot more misses.
That must be why the military uses them. Because they aren't any more useful at killing people than semi-automatics.
Th basic combat rifle does not allow automatic fire. It has a 3 round burst mode but other then that it is semi automatic. Each fire team as an automatic rifle gunner for suppression fire.
You might want to actually know what you are talking about dumb ass.
He didn't have one. I know you don't always think but this is getting ridiculous. You are a smart man. You shouldn't act so damn stupid all the time.
That must be why the military uses them. Because they aren't any more useful at killing people than semi-automatics.
Again, the military will select semi auto fire when actually shooting at a bad guy.
These were children and teachers, not "bad guys". Children don't shoot back.
Its also doubtful the shooter in this case had any detailed knowledge of either military or SWAT tactics, so the claim that he chose not to use a fully automatic weapon because tactics say otherwise is tenuous.
Not really. A fully automatic firearm does not necessarily do more damage. It generally means a lot more misses.
That must be why the military uses them. Because they aren't any more useful at killing people than semi-automatics.
Th basic combat rifle does not allow automatic fire. It has a 3 round burst mode but other then that it is semi automatic. Each fire team as an automatic rifle gunner for suppression fire.
You might want to actually know what you are talking about dumb ass.
Again, the military will select semi auto fire when actually shooting at a bad guy.
These were children and teachers, not "bad guys". Children don't shoot back.
Which has nothing to do with the point at hand.
It's your claim that has been laid bare.
No one will ever truly know why he did what he did and didn't do what he didn't do. Obviously his mom made a mistake by not having the guns secured and/or trusting him to be responsible with them. I'm sure there are a lot of people that were part of Lanza's life just beating themselves up over not having said something to someone that maybe could have got the kid some help or at least tried to do something before it was too late.
Anyone who tries to act like they know, for a fact, they Lanza did what he did or didn't do is just speculating.
He didn't have one. I know you don't always think but this is getting ridiculous. You are a smart man. You shouldn't act so damn stupid all the time.
Why not? He's not law abiding so nothing could have prevented him from obtaining one. Didn't you get the memo? Gun laws can only affect law abiding citizens.
He didn't have one. I know you don't always think but this is getting ridiculous. You are a smart man. You shouldn't act so damn stupid all the time.
Why not? He's not law abiding so nothing could have prevented him from obtaining one. Didn't you get the memo? Gun laws can only affect law abiding citizens.
Again, you're a smart man. Stop making stupid arguments and pretending to be an idiot.
If the guns were locked up how on Earth would she have been able to protect her son from criminals?
