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PedroEglasias t1_j5iquy5 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Police make arrest after 3-year-old boy survives shooting at Lithia Springs hotel by nosotros_road_sodium

oh yeah definitely the FBIs fault, not the abundance of automatic weapons

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Morgrid t1_j5jwbt0 wrote

Semi-Automatic ≠ Automatic

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Alicorn213 t1_j5kkqm8 wrote

Terminology gets weird there. Sometimes the term automatic is used to refer to any selfloading firearm, including semiautomatics. Things get even weirder once you start throwing L.A.W.S. and revolvers into it.

Automatic = A firearm that loads itself after each shot, selfloading usually being the preferable term.

Semi Automatic = A firearm that shoots once per pull of the trigger

Fully Automatic = A firearm that shoots repeatedly while the trigger is held. Often referred to as just automatic today resulting in lots of confusion.

As to which one the comment above is referring to, your guess is as good as mine.

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[deleted] t1_j5irij4 wrote

It doesn't help that almost everytime this happens they come out with their "he was on our radar" bs. They have a job to do.

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