Reply #66: As a matter of practical public safety, no [View All]

Things that explode (rockets, artiller shells, land mines, etc.) and fully-automatic weapons are held under stricter scrutiny and restriction, as defined under the 1934 National Firearms Act.

I believe this is a good thing because fully-auto firearms and explosives are non-discrimatory weapons, whereas "regular" guns are discrimatory in that they only fire one shot per pull of the trigger and the shooter has complete control over where each shot goes. In comparision, full-auto and explosives have basically areas of destruction, and public safety demands increased controls.

When you detonate an explosive or spray bullets from a full-auto weapon, you can't know exactly where everything is going to go, you see.

It is reasonable in the same sense that falsely yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater is a resonable restriction against the freedom of speech.