Do you support banning semi-autos? Yes or no.

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132. The real argument is not that it can't be done. It can.

The real argument is whether or not it makes sense, and to determine that, it's pretty important to properly understand what semi-automatic really means, which for the benefit of any reading this thread who may not know, is simply that firing a round causes the next round to be loaded without you having to additionally cycle the action.

A revolver, in essence, is semi-automatic.

Pull trigger, round fires.
Keeps working until the rounds have all been fired.

That's really all semi-automatic means.

The things that most impacts public safety are how many rounds can be fired, and how fast. A semi-automatic (barring modifications like bump stocks) can only fire with any reasonable degree of accuracy about 45-60 rounds per minute, or as fast as one round per second. A revolver can easily do that.

Banning conversions like bump stocks and high capacity magazines that let you fire 30-100 rounds in 2-10 seconds before you need to reload before you can do it again I can pretty readily agree makes absolute sense, and is justified in the interest of public safety, as supported by way more evidence than we should have needed to reach that conclusion. I think you'd find there's actually pretty broad support for that, even among people who love shooting.

Banning semi-automatics that can't hold more than 10 rounds, which it can fire in 8-10 seconds, maybe not quite so much.

You're right about the licensing and training, mandatory insurance, reporting of theft, liability and background checks (which should be recurring, not just universal), and I think you'd find that a great many gun owners (myself included) would agree with most of that as well.

So before you go saying anyone who opposes banning semi-automatics is okay with mass murder, please do be sure you understand that the vast majority of us are only opposed to banning the guns that fire up to 1 round per second, not the ones that fire 10-15

Your assessment of a good many of us may therefore be a tad hyperbolic, and we might indeed actually be on your side.