Ask the foolish, ignorant bastard if he can describe what a “semi-automatic” is,
and you’ll either get a dumbfounded look,
a redirection and attack on you personally,
or a definition of “select-fire”.
My BIL asked almost the same question on time in a discussion, and I asked him for his understanding of “semi-automatic”, and knowing he was trapped, admitted he didn’t know.
>Ask the foolish, ignorant bastard if he can describe what a “semi-automatic” is
My def: Simply a 1-to-1 correspondence of trigger-pull to fire without manual intervention as long as there is ammunition fed/loaded.
Most handguns are semi-automatic, and if you apply the definition I gave revolvers are semi-automatic as well.