Led by the Dutch, they fought a rearguard action to preserve something of the semi-automatic weapon.
An unknown assailant pulled out a semi-automatic weapon and started firing at the preacher.
His point was that nobody needs a semi-automatic weapon to protect their home.
One owns a semi-automatic weapon almost exclusively to protect oneself should the U.S. government wage war on its citizens.
Alternatively, one requires a semi-automatic weapon should another nation invade the U.S. and our security forces are unable to repel the intruder.
Even as I consider taking up hunting out of a desire to procure my own food, not for sport or security I am struck by the absurdity of owning a semi-automatic weapon.
In an op-ed published Wednesday by The Daily Caller , LaPierre twisted more than a few facts while arguing that the world is hell and attempting to navigate your way through it without a semi-automatic weapon at your side can only be perceived as sheer madness.
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In one corner, the vast right wing conspiracy has the awkward job of explaining why any citizen who is not a convicted felon or certified loon should be able to walk into his local Walmart and buy a 30-round clip for his semi-automatic weapon with no questions asked, and that outlawing anything short of a bazooka spells death for the Second Amendment.
In particular, opponents contend the proposed ban on semi-automatic rifles focuses on a weapon used in a tiny percentage of killings and other gun violence.
Weapons like the Bushmaster mimic the appearance and some features of fully automatic military rifles, though they technically do not meet the definition of an assault weapon because they are semi-automatic -- meaning each shot requires a trigger pull.
The attorney general said a search of Spyropoulos' home turned up two semi-automatic handguns, a shotgun and a rifle that police described as an assault weapon.
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