designed for warfare and therefore not suitable for use by non-military persons...you keep bringing up the 'semiautomatic' mode as the ONLY mode it operates in...just like a whole lot of others who want them to be available to the public...my contention, and that of active military personnel, as well as combat veterans, is that the absence of an automatic mode would not make a difference in an actual fire fight...they could still fight just as effectively with an "AR-15", given the gun's design, ammunition and magazine capacity...ergo, it should not be allowed in civilian hands...that's the point I'm making wrt Assault Rifles...btw, according to additional research I've done recently, combat squads rely on belt-fed weaponry (e.g. M249) for fully automatic fire given its quick change barrel.
Hopefully, you agree with the points and conclusion I've drawn on that issue...as for all the mental health, background checks, age requirements, etc., I think we have much to agree on...even the mental health trained H.S. counselors, I trust...
Can we find common ground here?