As for the 2nd part of your "attack" on me, I have never heard of any "documented" use of a legally owned fully automatic weapon being used for self defense.
First off, I didn't attack you but as to your second point maybe I should at least attack your statements.
If you had done any reading on the subject at all you would know of some VERY public cases where full auto was legally used in self defense cases. One of the people involved owned a gun store and actually used a full auto weapon to defend his life from robbers MORE THAN ONCE.
So your point that full auto has no place in lawful self defense is, as most of these things and as I tire of stating, provably wrong.
You are, back where most of these end up, stating your "gut feeling" even when that is proved wrong by the facts.
It's irrational, plain and simple.
Spend a few minutes on google.
One incident involved a legally owned Ruger AC556 and a gun manufacturer employee (believe it was HK) who used the fully auto rifle to defend his life and the life of his girlfriend.
Another well publicized case involves several attempted robberies of a gun store where the owner used (again going from memory) a legally owned Uzi to defend his life. That guy had to do it more than once.
Just because YOU don't know about it doesn't mean it didn't happen.
And again, documented stuff here not made up of "gut" feelings, there has been ONE crime committed with a legally owned machine gun. That one was committed by a police officer who shot his wife (memory says it was a Mac10).
So, those are facts, not gut feeling or suspicion or fear or whatever else you want to attribute it to.
Why is historical fact irrelevant but peoples irrational fear acceptable argument?
You don't 'think' machineguns have a place, but all the facts prove that they have done no harm but in fact have served legitimate purposes more often than not.
It's goofy reasoning.
Machine guns are OFFENSIVE weapons designed SPECIFICALLY to "spray" bullets over a large area and are NOT used for pinpoint shooting at specific targets!
And of course another provably wrong statement. Having fired LOTS of fully automatic weapons over the years I can tell you that this one is 100% incorrect as well. They can be quite accurate. You simply don't know what you are talking about plain and simple.
Again, do some research. Even here on THR, ask folks that have experience with the weapons. They most certainly are not "spray". That idea comes from watching too many movies, not reality.
It's nothing personal to you, but you truly don't know what you're talking about here. Tell us your experience firing full auto weapons? How many do you own? How often do you shoot them?