# No, you don't need a semiautomatic rifle

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 11, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-dont-need-a-semiautomatic-rifle/932705 "2021-02-11T17:51:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 11, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-you-dont-need-a-semiautomatic-rifle/932705/7 "2021-02-11T21:25:22Z")

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> [@3 Dead over snow shoveling dispute - PA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-dead-over-snow-shoveling-dispute-pa/932269/199):
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> The fact that you think that there is no use for semi-automatic rifles in a hunting situation tells me you’ve never hunted and don’t know much about it.

Oh mighty hunter, please tell me how I’ve been hunting wrong all these years using a bolt action rifle and a over/under shotgun? Please bestow your mystical knowledge upon us lesser humans.

This guy is useless to talk to about this, he won’t even admit guns are weapons when he uses them to kill the ravening beasts threatening his existence. I’m not even sure this guy has been near wild animals if he thinks he needs 30 rounds to protect himself from wolves. Maybe somewhere in the world wolves are a threat to humans but it is not in the US.

Sorry @Babale , meant to just quote the **MightyCurmugeon** but got your name in there instead.

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