Reply #195: The fact that you would ask that question discredits your opinions on [View All]

[Mike L]

the gun control issue. It's laughable from a political perspective. It doesn't matter whether hunters and sport shooters "need" more than double barrel shotguns and bolt action rifles. The fact is that they own them and want them. I guarantee that ANY state or federal politician in a purple or most Blue states who is stupid enough to try to ban them will lose his/her election.

Now, to actually answer the question, semi-auto shotguns are used by quail and duck hunters to harvest more game when they have the chance to shoot (they miss a lot). Deer hunters also use semi-auto and pump shotguns to get more shots at deer. There is absolutely no way to ban semi-auto shotguns. Deer and duck hunters use different chokes (things that screw into the end of the barrel to tighten the pattern of the shot) and these can't be used with double barrel shotguns. Deer hunters in the North use pump rifles to get off more shots at deer they track and jump up. Deer hunters also use semi-auto rifles to get a second or third shot at deer.