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Quote by: Kamehameha34  Guns designed to "spray" fire should be strictly regulated. Otherwise, a simple registration should suffice. |
I would be more worried about a killer with a single fire rifle than an automatic. One of the main reasons automatic weapons were given to troops after WWII (although granted, the Thomson was in use by the US by that point) is because they discovered most people don't try to kill another person. It is difficult to look down the sights of your rifle and place a round in anothers face. With automatics it allows the soldier to not be quite so precise, so their mind is more able to cope with shooting at people.
In todays society someone aggressively using an auto is just a rambo moron, dangerous of course, but not the same as the guy who looks down the iron sights and shoots one at a time.
NB before someone goes off on one, I said
one of the main reasons, not the only or central reason.