<What are Belt-fed semiautomatic firearms?>
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Yeah.... I really see no reason at all to ban those
The ban is ostensibly in order to reduce crime, I am unaware of any crimes committed with such a weapon.
Nadaka, could you explain to me exactly why anyone needs a firearm that can fire 10 times in reasonably rapid succession without needing to be reloaded?
1: Self defense against 2 or more attackers. You can not count on an arbitrary number of bullets being able to end a threat. Even someone with an eventually fatal wound can pose an immediate threat to your safety.
2: Shooting skeet/paper targets 10 or more times without reloading.
Can you explain to me exactly why a law abiding citizen needs to not be capable of firing 10 times in reasonably rapid succession without reloading?
As I strongly belive that citizens, law abiding or otherwise, do not have the right to own or carry devices that are designed with only one purpose in mind: to kill. Any law which reduces anyones capacity to kill or anyones access to devices that are designed to kill is in my mind a good thing, regardless if the weapon is intended for use as a tool or recreational item. They do have thier place, but not in the hands of someone in the street. There have been enough mass killings in the US recently to hopefully bring the effects of people having a +10 bullet capacity into clear focus. YMMV though, for obvious reasons. Living in the UK where our law enforcement agencies on the whole do not need firearms due to thier control has clearly been influential in forming my opinion though.
Whilst your first answer is more than reasonable, it is narrow in scope - I suspect very few people will be able to succesfully use a gun to fight off 2 attackers in the vast majority of circumstances, 10 bullets or otherwise. Where would you like the line to be drawn, if anywhere?
Answer number 2 is not really much of a convincing point. What is so bad about having to reload a gun in a sporting competition or during use as a recreation?
On the other hand, I really dont think I want to be responsible for yet another gun law debate.