The term Assault Weapon was created in the USA to describe the semi-automatic rifle of military design. And I hate to burst your bubble.
ANY WEAPON IN THE HANDS OF A MADMAN IS DEADLY. It coulbe be a tire iron or a nuclear device.
As for Semi-Auto versus full Full-Auto. It doesn't matter, I can hit the target just as well with a semi-auto or with a full-auto.
It comes down to the eight fundamentals of firearm shooting.
1 - Grip
2 - Sight Alingment
3 - Sight Picture
4 - Stance
5 - Trigger Control
6 - Focus
7 - Breathing
8 - Discipline
With those fundamentals you can control all wepaon systems.
I was aling about folks like you with a fellow officer during work last night. We noticed that there are some people in society that act as tough as can be. But when it comes to weapons they are as afriad as a little school girl with a rat.
Sigmund Freud said it best, "A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity."
I do not understand why people are so afraid of a simple tool. It does not have a mind of it's own. It is just a machine with metal, wood, and plastic. It is not designed to kill, it is designed to be used by it's owner.
Firearms do not kill people, people kill people.
You nation of Australia once allowed it's people to own firearms. But that right was taken away from you. If you take the time and get of you high horse and do the research you will notice that since your nation outlawed firearms that your crime rate skyrocketed.
An armed society is a polite society. Not everyone is peaceful, some are predators and will treat you like prey. Why disarm yourself? That is what you need to realize. Peace will never happen. PERIOD.
Now if you will excuse me, I'm going to the range to go shooting with my Semi-Automatic AK-47 and my friend's Fully Automatic Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machie Gun.
5.56x45mm
'Nuff Said...
PS - If you or anyone else ever tries to disarm me, you will only win by prying it from my cold dead blood covered hands. Why blood covered? Because I'll take some of you bastards with me before I die.