Hi Jow Forums
I know Jow Forums is not for gun control discussion but I am just asking to have some terms clarified for me and I genuinely want to inform myself about guns.
So, every time I see discussion of gun control, the terms most commonly used are 'semi automatic', or 'assault style'. And people always seem to take offense at these terms and suggest that their use is un-informed and laughable.
Someone on /tv/ told me that 'select fire rifle' was the correct term, but wikipedia suggests that means:
>Selective fire means the capability of a weapon to be adjusted to fire in semi-automatic, burst mode, and/or fully automatic firing mode
So 'semi automatic' would be 'select fire' as would what I imagine 'assault style' to mean.
I'm not trying to get into an argument over whether this is justified or not, but If we wanted to enact laws to ban the guns most efficient for mass murdering crowds of people, what would the educated terminology and definitions to refer to those guns be?
I've been told over and over to 'ask Jow Forums' and now i'm doing it.
also as a side note i quite like guns, and would like to own a hunting rifle one day and hunt pigs and deer, but i would like a (bolt action?) gun, which requires a lengthy action between each fire, for sporting reasons.
Thanks