“...Yes, the citizens can “only” get “semi-auto”. IMO, “full auto” is over-rated and only wastes ammo.....”
There are some folks that don’t even need a “semi-auto”.
Such folks can place a shot inside the area of a golf ball at over 1000 yards away. Some even better than that. The perp would never even hear the shot that killed em because they would be dead on the ground before the sound even got there. IMHO, that is much better strategy than the “spray & pray” approach.
I’ve been out of the Army for over fifty years now, when we had full auto rifles. Today’s M-16 (AR-15 to the civilian) can only fire single shots or 3-round bursts. I haven’t read anything about this change but I have to think it’s saving a lot of money.