I love gun debates, warms my heart.
It's interesting to read the different perspectives from around the country re: floof and jim b. I totally relate with floof but Jim b's initial point is spot on.

That being said, a trained rifleman is the very definition of mass murder. Concealment goes out the window when someone can reach out and touch you from over 100 yards.
Now add the component of automatic feed for close up spray and pray which modern technology now affords us, and its easy to realize why automatic weapons should never be legalised. Licensed.... maybe.