Busted with arms, researched killing Biden

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If rate of fire were irrelevant, infantry squads wouldn't carry two belt fed guns.  It's completely rational to assert that a more dangerous weapon deserves more stringent legal requirements.  A drivers license won't qualify you to drive a semi and I doubt that the legal difference between a semi and a car is their relative amount of inherent evil.  The same is true of firearms, and that's why it's an extra hassle to legally own a machine gun.

A machine gun absolutely will make a whole lot more stuff more dead than a sporting rifle.  Let's not be absurd.

There is a reason that all modern armies use assault rifles and not snipers as their main infantry weapons. Its about the fire power not the aimed shot.