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originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: TsukiLunar
en.m.wikipedia.org...
Thanks for linking that genius. Read what it says carefully:
An automatic firearm continuously fires rounds as long as the trigger is pressed and held and there is ammunition in the magazine/chamber. In contrast, a semi-automatic firearm fires one round with each individual trigger-pull.
originally posted by: reldra
Do you have to just pull the trigger again? That's it? You don;t have to pull a cock down or any thing? Must be a vast difference. /sarc
originally posted by: avgguy
a reply to: reldra
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What's to interpret?
Although both "semi automatic" and "fully automatic" weapons are "automatic" in the technical sense that the firearm automatically cycles between rounds with each trigger pull, the terms "automatic weapon" and "automatic firearm" are conventionally reserved by firearm enthusiasts to describe fully automatic firearms. Use of this convention can avoid confusion.[1] For the mechanisms by which both fully- and semi-automatic weapons cycle, see firearm actions.
originally posted by: reldra
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: TsukiLunar
en.m.wikipedia.org...
Thanks for linking that genius. Read what it says carefully:
An automatic firearm continuously fires rounds as long as the trigger is pressed and held and there is ammunition in the magazine/chamber. In contrast, a semi-automatic firearm fires one round with each individual trigger-pull.
Do you have to just pull the trigger again? That's it? You don;t have to pull a cock down or any thing? Must be a vast difference. /sarc
In double-action (DA), the stroke of the trigger pull generates three actions:
The hammer is pulled back to the cocked position.
At the same time, the cylinder is indexed to the next round.
The hammer is released to strike the firing pin.
originally posted by: TsukiLunar
a reply to: Sunwolf
So what? Are the people on this forum infallible?
originally posted by: TsukiLunar
In fact the article asks us to use it in the wrong way so that it won't confuse people like you.
originally posted by: avgguy
a reply to: introvert
You realize if it ever gets "amended" that you can kiss your guns goodbye right?
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: TsukiLunar
In fact the article asks us to use it in the wrong way so that it won't confuse people like you.
If someone handed you a weapon and said 'it's an automatic' what would you think its firing capabilities were without any further data?
originally posted by: introvert
originally posted by: avgguy
a reply to: introvert
You realize if it ever gets "amended" that you can kiss your guns goodbye right?
Not if if we do it right, but I am not blind to that possibility. There should be a very specific set of regulations put on the 2nd amendment, but it should be done in a way that no longer allows states to further define our rights.