Help me understand , why is semi automatic in a rifle so important to gun owners here?

[appal_jack]

28. Not gonna happen.

Asking gun owners to advocate for the ban of the majority of contemporary firearms technology is a non-starter if I've ever heard one. I might as well ask that you lead the charge to open the NFA registry (i.e.- allow the importation and manufacture of new machine guns for private citizens). You game to take this courageous stand on behalf of Constitutional rights "for the good of our society, the future of our country?"

I didn't think so.

The natural right of self-defense goes far, far back into English Common Law. The Second Amendment has been with us since 1791, and there is no sign that it is in any danger of repeal by US Constitutional processes. So let's start from there. Semi-automatic firearms are necessary for effective self-defense and fit well-within the scope of the Second Amendment. If you want to discuss ideas that will reduce unjustifiable violence, let's do so within a 2nd Amendment/ 4th Amendment/ 9th Amendment 10th Amendment/ 14th Amendment-compatible framework.

Here's my first thought on that front: the surest method toward reducing violence is attacking root causes: poverty, mental illness, lack of economic opportunity, an education system that fails to adequately cultivate empathy and civic engagement, and a failed and misdirected war on drugs contribute far more to gun violence than the presence or absence of any particular hardware or attendant features.

-app