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But in fact few states have any laws limiting semiautomatics.

The Commissioner also notes that many other cities use semiautomatics without problems.

The Republican bill would allow possession and sale of all semiautomatics, including those.

I know it does not matter at all to the killers who eagerly buy semiautomatics.

All these departments have selected other brands of semiautomatics instead.

The semiautomatics are being phased into the department; 55 percent of the 4,200-member force now carry 9-millimeters.

There were hundreds of revolvers and semiautomatics to choose from.

He attributed the difference to a trigger pull that is too light in semiautomatics.

Now she can see the fire leaping from the muzzles of their semiautomatics.

New York is one of the few major cities to ban police use of semiautomatics.

In the Times study, wielders of semiautomatics inflicted more injuries.

It and all semiautomatics of the same type, or any "substantially identical," were banned.

"Machine guns and semiautomatics are hot items, although few can afford them.

Christian, the Yale student, liked the semiautomatics more than the revolvers.

Even if the legislation passes, general use of the semiautomatics is not likely, at least not for a while, he added.

He said the gun seemed to perform as well as other brands of semiautomatics.

More importantly, many semiautomatics can be readily converted to machine guns.

If it was muskets then, it may indeed be at least semiautomatics now.

Semiautomatics can be reloaded very rapidly, by sliding in a new magazine.

But people hunt with semiautomatics in 48 states.

There were enough semiautomatics, shot guns, and sharp blades to outfit an army unit.

The distinction is all but meaningless, since many semiautomatics are easily converted to machine guns.

The police in the city feel increasingly outgunned by criminals with semiautomatics and machine guns.

Many semiautomatics can be made fully automatic with a screwdriver, even a paperclip.

If they must own one, he tells them to stay away from semiautomatic weapons.

The action of a semiautomatic clicked back and came forward again.

There is no such thing as a semiautomatic machine gun.

Two men with semiautomatic weapons were standing guard over her and Key.

There was no problem, except for the semiautomatic fire directed their way.

Just pull out your semiautomatic and blow them all away.

"The life expectancy of a semiautomatic is 10 to 25 years," he said.

The men were armed with at least one semiautomatic weapon.

He held a small, black semiautomatic pistol at his side, out of sight.

A moment later gunfire from a semiautomatic began eating into the open door.

The semiautomatic fire was like hail against the side of the plane.

"With the crack market growing, semiautomatic weapons became popular among young people."

He was reported to be carrying a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol.

She was pointing a black semiautomatic pistol at the center of his face.

That gun, a 9-millimeter semiautomatic, was used in the shooting, the police said.

Then with one shot from a semiautomatic handgun, the police said, he ended his life.

He opened a small box and took out a black semiautomatic handgun.

When they fight it's not by knife anymore, but semiautomatic weapons.

He saw me and pivoted the semiautomatic in my direction.

He had a semiautomatic in his hand and the gun was aimed at Kit.

The weapon used was an unlicensed semiautomatic, the police said.

The semiautomatic pistol used in the shooting was never recovered.

It was there that he pulled a 9-millimeter semiautomatic weapon out of his car, the police said, and opened fire.

One is an increase in powerful automatic and semiautomatic weapons on the streets.

It is semiautomatic, requiring a trigger pull for each shot.