handloader1:

That is a very nice story, although I think you might have misinterpreted what my post said or mistaken me with someone who is claiming nobody needs semi auto rifles or something.

Just to be sure everybody is clear on my stance:

One should be able to use whatever he or she is most comfortable with, be it bolt action, pump action, or the media appointed "ultra-dangerous super-evil" semi automatic rifle. Of course I don't feel that way about semi automatic, or for that matter fully automatic firearms, but the morons in the media and politicians with agendas do, and have apparently done a fair job of convincing a lot of people of that being the case, but I digress.

I'm simply saying that need is irrelevant for that very reason. If someone wants to use a certain type of firearm for a certain (legal) task, then questioning his or her "need" to use that particular firearm is not necessary, irrelevant, and frankly insulting. There is no reason to question anybody's preferred firearm action type if it's a type they want to use. Said another way, I believe an individual's preference is inherently his or her need. To question someone's need is to claim you know more than they do, which is at best impolite.

Of course the above is simply my opinion.

Edited to add:

I'm sorry for carrying on about the subject, but anytime anybody questions someone's "need" of anything it really strikes a nerve with me. I mean why should anyone be questioning what someone else chooses to use or wants to own? The whole need question seems to come up with politicians a lot these days.

"You don't need semi autos for sporting purposes"is one particularly goofy line many politicianswill blather on about. In fact, the question of "need" is a big part of the reason so many of our rights with regard to firearms have been eroded away.

As an example,a handful of the hunters I know in persondon't"need" semi automatic "evil black rifles" or any sort of thing and don't care if those get banned. Who are they to determine what I can have based on "need", but yet they do, consciously or subconsciously, by buying into the whole "need" line of crap. Apparently "because I can" isn't good enough for such people.

Again, sorry to have gotten off on a tangent, but the bottom line is if someone wants to use a type of action for a purpose, they should be able to, no further questions asked, especially questions of "need".