What does semi-automatic mean?
Definitions for semi-automatic
se·mi-au·to·mat·ic
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Wiktionary
semi-automaticnoun
A semi-automatic firearm, especially such a pistol.
semi-automaticnoun
A semi-automatic transmission
semi-automaticadjective
Partially automatic.
semi-automaticadjective
Of a firearm that automatically ejects a shell and loads the next one, but requires the trigger to be squeezed for each shot; autoloading.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of semi-automatic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of semi-automatic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of semi-automatic in a Sentence
The idea we still allow semi-automatic weapons to be purchased is sick, it has no socially redeeming value… Not a single solitary rationale for it except profit for the gun manufacturers.
On at least two occasions, Finicum reaches his right hand toward a pocket ... on his jacket, he did have a loaded 9 mm semi-automatic handgun in that pocket.
In addition to being the first Black district attorney, I think I'll probably be the first district attorney who's had police point a gun at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney who's had a homicide victim on his doorstop. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a semi-automatic weapon pointed at him. I think I'll be the first district attorney in Manhattan whose had a loved one reenter from incarceration and stay with him, and I'm going to govern from that perspective.
Fully automatic weapons have been justifiably illegal for civilian use for over 30 years. Any device which circumvents that law by increasing a weapon’s rate of fire from semi-automatic to fully automatic ought to be illegal as well, i am encouraged by the president’s directive... to regulate these devices, but a temporary regulatory fix is no substitute for permanent law.
We have a time where we have both violence rising and incarceration, and the goal is to simultaneously reduce both, i had a shooting on my block a month ago, I've had a knife to my neck, I've had a semi-automatic weapon to my head, I know these issues intimately. So what we are doing is not working, plain and simple and this is our path forward. This is how we reduce violent crime the most.
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