@snood,
What does 700–950 rounds/min cyclic sustained fire on a 20 or 30 round clip mean vs 45–60 rounds/min semi-automatic, theoretically up to 90 - 120 rounds with a double action trigger kit?. How may clips a can a man carry and how fast can they be replenished on a firing line vs. skirmishing or advancing?
Not exactly sure what we are "arguing" about in that a standard 45–60 rounds/min semi-automatic is still way too fast particularly when used on defenseless civilians.
The argument that Baldino and oralloy are making is that AR-15s are not assault weapons because they aren't full automatic and the facts are that auto or semi auto, they most certainly are assault weapon and in fact the M-16 can be fired auto or semi doesn't nean that an M-16 is only an assault weapon when its full rock and roll. And in fact legally and illegally obtained kits and alterations make AR-15s fully automatic and can at least double the specification semiautomatic firing rate.
I won't argue with you mainly because I happen to agree with you and I feel my posts tend to support your arguments and supplement them. I'm not sure what you're correcting in my statements.