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

[CTyankee]

248. We should, as a nation, be able to solve the gun violence calamity that grips our country.

Our Constitution states why our government was created and "to ensure domestic tranquility" is one reason the founders thought that was a good idea. In the past we have been able to solve our own problems and a lot of the time it wasn't easy. For example, we won WW2 with the attitude of "CAN DO." We rationed ourselves, stopped making automobiles and washing machines, stopped building houses, created small scale "victory gardens" in order to put ourselves on a national wartime footing. We sacrificed and made smart, tough choices. We faced a massive threat and stepped up. We owned up to assuming responsibility in a national effort. We COULD do.

Now we are faced with the national emergency of gun violence all across this country and how do we respond? Not with a bang, but with a weakly whimpered "no can do..." Easy way out, take no responsibility, just whining "it won't work, waaah, nothing can be done..." with crocodile tears streaming down our cheeks...

So it is in that American spirit of CAN DO that I ask YOU, Jimmy, for YOUR plan to solve this national problem. Not just what you "think" you'd like to see in terms of curbing gun violence, but what you ARE doing to achieve that goal. What are the proactive measures that can be taken NOW to solve our own problems, just as we did in WW2 and how are you being a participant in that important effort.

I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of hearing a bunch of excuses for doing nothing. I really don't have the patience for it. We're either a nation of DOERS or we are a collection of wimps who can't/won't get the job done.

So, SlimJimmy, I am all ears (so to speak) to learn of your problem solving plan.

I look forward to hearing from you!