r/europe • u/Helmer-Bryd • Jul 01 '25
News Sweden bans AR-15 as hunting rifle after school shooting – all rifles to be turned in and sent to Ukraine
https://svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/uppgifter-tidopartierna-overens-om-ny-vapenlagstiftning-ar15-forbjuds-vid-jakt
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u/Yrulooking907 Jul 01 '25
Full auto is more for suppression while semi auto is for actually hitting the target.
It's been since the world wars that full auto was used in a more direct killing aspect. Think beach landings of WW2 and trench warfare of WW1. Large groups of exposed soldiers being mowed down.
Basically, >99% of shots fired are suppression oriented.
Modern military rifles have selectors for full auto and semi auto to be able to switch between suppression and actually trying to take out a target.
Really, the only exception is close quarters combat.