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On the contrary. I took 'automatic' to mean just that in its normal definition. I wasn't trying to split hairs by claiming that technically semi-automatics are automatics. Tell you what, why don't you google any American website to see what they define as 'automatic' and then come back and try...

When it comes to what is and isn't an automatic weapon it isn't pedantry. Automatic= hold a trigger and the gun fires until empty, semi-automatic = one pull gets you one bullet. It's one of the few things that is quite clear with American gun laws.

It's true that pretty much anyone can walk into a supermarket but they won't be able to buy an automatic weapon there. In fact, they'll be hard pushed to be able to buy an automatic weapon in any shop in the States.

Just need someone to mention the Crusades and that's my moral equivalence bingo card filled.

So one fanatic sees someone blow up a Westerner and he's encouraged to do the same in his own country to a non-Westerner. Truly the religion of peace.

I'd be more inclined to believe that if there weren't also terrorist attacks against non-Westerners in Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia...

Same here. All those daily terrorist attacks by Sikhs, Baptists, Hindus, Buddhists and Zoroastrians makes it SO confusing to know which religion could be responsible for this incident.