>>>>>>>You can have gun laws (background checks and registration) implemented in just a few months and start seeing results quickly.
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>>>>>>SNIP
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>>>>>>What results would you expect to see?
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>>>>>In one year I would expect to see minimal change, so you'd better revamp it to restrict more potential buyers. In another year when the projected results aren't achieved you'd probably have to tweak it again to limit the types of guns that are available for purchase. That didn't work? Those semi-auto rifles and shotguns must be the culprit. That didn't work either? Well, it would be too politically damaging to revert to the way it was, so let's just move the goalposts to make it look like we accomplished something.
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>>>>I don't see any problem with limiting semi-automatics. Unless you can explain why they have any useful purpose.
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>>>Of course you don't.
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>>And of course, avoiding answering the question. sigh
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>I don't feel like I need to answer the question. I also don't feel like debating with you because you've proven to have a closed mind.

I've got an open mind. Why do you need a semi automatic. The only thing I can think of is holding off a sustained assault by heavily armed assailants which (even in the USA) seems an unlikely scenario.