The military uses them as the standard.When they were widely available during the mob days the Tommy gun was a favorite.The government thought they were so dangerous they banned them and made it a ten 10 prison sentence to have one illegally. I think you are mistaken if you think if a criminal had the option of a full auto AR 15 and a semi auto AR they would take the semi auto by choice.
Cartels turn semi auto to full auto as the norm,because they like militaries world wide prefer full auto to semi auto.
Imagine being on my end and having to “debate” a guy who equates guns with spoons. I’m sure you don’t even realize it though.
Criminals that have the choice between semi and full auto,choose full auto https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9gGPn2bUYKk
Lets be clear about something - you're not debating a single thing, and I doubt you've ever really tried to on here.
Ask any soldier in combat, please. I know many, many soldiers. Have trained on the range with them. When they fire, they're using single or TRB. Fully auto is for suppressive fire, and using a SAW or something like that. For what gang bangers and other criminals use, single fire is just fine, which is why they use it. And you can still - legally - get an automatic rifle if you've got the right credentials and set up with the ATF.
And when we're doing catch and release, what makes you think that is even being enforced? Show me Illinois or California. Not Texas.
Militaries prefer the optionality, but they don't prefer to fire on full auto. I'm sorry, Tony. That's just not correct.