We should prevent automatic weapons from legalizing.

Pro's arguments amount to bare assertions. He has provided no evidence supporting the concept that fully automatic weapons are inherently more dangerous than semi automatic weapons, and has not even explained what he means by "more dangerous". More dangerous how? Easier to kill people? More likely to cause an accident? He has given no support for the notion that modern criminals prefer fully automatic weapons, and heavily implies that fully automatic weapons are a useful tool for the modern criminal. The notion of banning fully automatic weapons is within itself a useless exorcise on several counts. On one count, semi automatic weapons are often very easily converted to fully automatic with little modification. If there was a significant demand for fully automatic weapons, the black market would surely be able to supply it regardless of laws or regulations, as the equipment required for such modifications is widely available and less restricted than the precursors and equipment needed manufacturing of illegal drugs. An example of such an effort would be the instance of the Polish resistance reverse engineered and reproduced common British Sten sub machine guns during WWII. Medical equipment and other seemingly innocuous parts often served as the base for such designs, making clandestine manufacturing even more difficult to trace. With the current widespread availability of extremely cheap metalworking tools, there is little to nothing stopping an individual or organization from mass producing such weapons on a large scale today. Why then do we not see an epidemic of fully automatic weapons related violence or clandestine production? Because there is no demand. The modern criminal is not a resistance fighter. A criminal would prefer something cheap, simple, and easily concealable, and preferably disposable. Hence, the majority of gun crimes are committed using pistols, shotguns or revolvers, rather than semi or fully automatic rifles, which are unwieldy and difficult to conceal. In fact, there is little evidence that a fully automatic weapon is even inherently more deadly or effective than it's semi automatic counterpart. Take for example the North Hollywood Shootout, in which two men armed with illegally converted automatic rifles (see above paragraphs as to how easy this is to do this) loaded with armor piercing ammunition, fully outfitted in body armor, and mentally augmented with barbiturates. Despite firing over 1000 rounds of ammunition, only 18 people were injured, with the only fatalities being the perpetrators. Despite typical Hollywood presentations of fully automatic weapons, they are not particularly effective at direct engagement when compared to semi automatic weapons. High rates of fire combined with recoil often make sustained automatic fire inaccurate and wasteful of ammunition, as well as generating far more attention than a semi automatic weapon. Keep in mind, there are roughly 175,000 fully automatic firearms in circulation among civilians, and roughly 240,000 in circulation total registered with the BATF. Since the passage of the National Firearms Act of 1934, there have only been two murders committed using legally owned fully automatic weapons. One of these murders was committed by a police officer. http://www.guncite.com... http://www.cruffler.com... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://www.homegunsmith.com...