Example sentences for: semiautomatic

How can you use “semiautomatic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • President Clinton proposed new federal gun control legislation . It would raise the legal age for handgun possession to 21, prohibit juvenile possession of semiautomatic weapons, require trigger locks, make parents criminally liable for "knowingly or recklessly" giving their kids access to guns used to kill or injure, and extend background checks to gun show patrons and people who try to buy explosives.

  • Truscott compares the intensive training you get in the Army with one of these weapons long before you're ever allowed to fire it, and then only under the supervision of an expert marksman, with the situation in states like Arkansas, where "it's legal for a 10-year-old to own a semiautomatic assault weapon without a moment of safety instruction, training in how to shoot it or adult supervision."

  • Praise for the idea behind director Robert Altman's six-episode dramatic series: Each installment has a different premise, a different big-name director (including Altman and James Foley), and different big-name actors (Rosanna Arquette and Carrie Fisher)--but the same prop: a pearl-handled semiautomatic.

  • They also voted to ban sales of semiautomatic assault weapons to minors, and many of them voted for a Democratic provision that would prohibit high-capacity ammunition clips from being imported.

  • Yes, he and four ROT colleagues were traveling with full packs, semiautomatic weapons, pistols, radios, and plenty of ammo, but he said they were merely going to Kermit, Texas, to "hunt wild hogs."


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