Banning certain magazines & clips & ammo AND a buy-back program

[backscatter712]

9. Since everyone defines the term differently, let me throw in my frame.

My question is how fast can the gun fire? Full-autos are already illegal, or at least heavily restricted to the point where most mere-mortals can't get them, because they can throw a hell of a lot of hot lead in the air in a short period of time.

Semi-auto is tamer by comparison, but as we've seen in Sandy Hook, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Tucson, Columbine... those weapons can still throw enough hot lead in the air to kill dozens of people in a few minutes. And that's especially true when the killer's got drums or high-capacity extended magazines for his weapons.

So you want my definition of where to draw The Line? How fast can the gun fire? I'd say if it's capable of firing more than 15-20 rounds in a minute, that's more firepower than a civilian needs. It's a rough metric, but one that IMHO correlates strongly with the deadliness of the weapon.