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[–] hobbidlybzi 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Not many Americans care to pay for the tax stamp to buy an automatic weapon. Can't even open it up at most ranges.
What you're thinking of is caliber. Hunting rifles are typically chambered with rounds designed to kill an animal quickly, humanely, and typically from ~100yds.
The .223/5.56 most commonly found in the AR-15 "assault rifle" is a .22 caliber and not legal for hunting in many states because it is often not humane. Medium and Large game in the US is most often hunted with a .30 caliber or larger rifle (though sometimes magnum pistol) round. They have more mass and more kinetic energy. That makes them more effective per well-placed shot and harder to stop with body armor.
[–] firedak ago
this so much.
In theory, you could kill a deer with a .22LR, but unless you make a perfect shot every time, that deer is going to be wounded and it would be a very inhumane kill.