Mr. Kealan Symes:

Yes. I wanted to explain something I think Deputy Kenny may not understand. It is the difference between semi-automatic and bolt action. Semi-automatic and bolt action are fairly much the same because the action has to work after one pulls the trigger. In other words, one cannot hold one's finger on the trigger while firing rounds; one must let go and pull the trigger again. There is a delay between one shot and the next, and one has to consciously take one shot after another. One cannot just blast the target out of the sky.

One of the problems in terms of the terminology is that "assault rifle" brings to people's mind the image of someone running around the streets spraying lead in all directions. There is nothing like that licensed in this country. A semi-automatic rifle is virtually no different from a bolt action rifle in terms of how it works except that one does not have to operate a bolt; the machine does that.