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Mike,
Understood. What I was trying to express (not all that clearly) was that the automatic weapons such as M16s, AK47s, etc. when used in the military have both automatic and semi automatic capabilities depending upon where one places the selector switch.
The versions legally sold to civilians have ONLY semi automatic capabilities just like a semi automatic pistol.
I think there are some very narrow exceptions to this rule permitting some dealers to possess fully automatic weapons.
Thus when someone claims we are legally selling machineguns ( i.e. fully automatic weapons) to the public on a wide scale he is either making the honest mistake you referred to or is consciously using misleading terminology to advance his point of view.
The accepted custom of calling semi automatic handguns 'automatic' tends to confuse matters even more.
Regards,
MDD
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