Quote Originally Posted by kestra View Post
can someone explain to me the need to have a semi-automatic
As Gromgor explained, the primary purpose of the 2nd ammendment is something even bigger than to protect hunting and sport shooting.

But keep in mind that with the except of antiques, almost every single gun manufactured is semi-automatic.

All semi-automatic means is every time you pull the trigger, it fires 1 shot and loads the next round without you having to perform some other action (cocking it, pumping it, etc).

So aside from pump action shotguns and bolt-action rifles, every modern weapon is semi-automatic.