For classification purposes, there is no difference between
semi-automatic hand guns and semi-automatic rifles from the point of view of what is semi-automatic.
Asking the difference between Semi-Automatic Rifles and
Semi-Automatic Hand guns is like asking the difference between Cars with Automatic Transmissions and Trucks with Automatic Transmissions: There are going to be plenty of differences, even in the transmission mechanisms, but Automatic Transmission will provide the driver with the same features regardless of a vehicle (you do not need to change gears, for this analogy).
Not exact matches
The alarm is trained to be able to identify audio signatures of gunshots, whether it's a
hand gun or
semi-automatic rifle.
This is the broadest term as it can refer to
hand -
guns (generally all handguns are
semi-automatic) and rifles, some of which are civilian versions of military fully automatic weapons that are designed to be
semi-automatic (again, can not buy new Automatic weapons at all).
Another wave of car burglaries in Cape Coral leaves a
semi-automatic gun in the
hands of a criminal.
He also proposed strengthening background checks to keep
guns out of the
hands of mentally ill people and banning bump stocks, a piece of equipment that enables a
semi-automatic rifle to fire faster.