" to each his own", I couldn't agree more.
Unfortunately some of our friends continue to make statements with no basis in fact or knowledge of the subject.
"bolt not as dangerous as a semi" Where did Bud get that one from? What is it that make's the semi more dangerous Bud? I think you are greatly mistaken my friend, you are not referring to the function of the gun but the person behind the gun. Try to stay focused on the topic.
"bolt keeps you from making a sloppy first shot" Sorry Taz, don't blame that on the gun(semi auto), sloppy first shots are once again strictly a function of the person holding the gun.
"jams all the time" Once again the function of the person that cleans the gun not the gun itself.
Look guys, maybe I'm sounding a little to sensitive to the subject and so this will be my last post addressing this topic (unless somebody says something really, really stupid!!! ) but lets face it, this topic has been the subject of prior threads and some of our friends have consistantly made biased, inaccurate, uninformed statements regards to semi autos that does no service to any of us that visit these boards to exchange ideas. My son as well as other young hunters that visit this site are looking to us for information, I'm not particularly fond of the idea that my son might read some of the crap that's been posted and thinks that his dad hunts with a piece of junk. The reality of it is that the Rem 7400 is normally priced a few dollars more than your average bolt action, that it is a fine piece of machined steel and in the hands of a competant hunter it will kill deer just as dead as any bolt will.
One final thought, if you one shot, bolt wonder hunters like I can give you a pretty good list of the disadvantages of a bolt. I prefer not to but if you ask me real nice like I 'll see what I can do.

Respectfully,
Mark in SC