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Originally Posted by Yahoshua
You actually trust reporters to write down the facts in a news article? It could be a semi-automatic but a reporter will still call it an "Assault Rifle."
There are only 2 known incidents of Fully Automatic Weapons being used in a massacre and BOTH were done by LEOs who lost their minds.
Wait a day or so before we start calling the weapon an "Assault Rifle" or as being "Fully Automatic." Fully Automatic weapons aren't as common here in the states as you might think they are.
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It's funny because there was no mention in the article about what type of gun it was, hence why I quoted what the witnesses heard.
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Keith Fidler, a Von Maur employee, said he heard a burst of five to six shots followed by 15 to 20 more rounds. Fidler said he huddled in the corner of the men's clothing department with about a dozen other employees until police yelled to get out of the store.
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A witness, Shawn Vidlak, said he heard four or five rapid shots "like a nail gun." At first he thought it was noise from construction work going on at the mall.
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I think a semi automatic is overkill for hunting the same as an auto. You don't need it, you just want it. A bolt or lever action is sufficient for civillian use. The thing is they can also kill so if you were going to ban semi's you might as well ban all guns, which I certainly don't agree with.
I don't know the solution but if nothing changes these instances are only going to repeat.