Why do you think PA resists allowing semi auto rifles for deer hunting?

[cdi]

I think it's because if your a good shot you don't need a 30 round magazine. Think about the old guy who has been hunting most of his life and takes a deer with one shot. Now think about him sitting in his tree stand or worse yet sitting in a blind.
Now think about the guy who sees the deer and starts popping off rounds as it's running because he missed his "one shot " . I'm not saying you shouldn't own a Military style weapon, I'm just saying it's not for hunting. This is my opinion and reply to the thread.
I was always taught " Safety First " !

Oh look, more fudd doom.
If safety was an issue, it would be reflected in the data from the states that allow semiauto actions.

[borekfk]

Because those evil 30 round assault gun clip magazines brainwash ordinary people into crazy mass shooters while also making you forget literally every aspect of marksmanship you may have ever learned, duh.

What does a 30 round magazine have to do with a semi automatic rifle or being a good shot? We already have limitless magazine capacity for some semi automatic hunting and you can hang a drum magazine from any single shot that can take it, here in PA. The blood hasn't been running from the woods yet.

In PA, you can use a semi auto shotgun for big game, no mag restrictions. You can use a semi auto rifle for furbearers, no magazine restriction. There has yet to be a valid argument against semi auto rifles for big game. Tradition, advantage, safety, these things are not an issue for almost every other game season or state but feelings are more important than facts I guess.

[cdi]

Just as a point of order.
-In fudd-speak, it's not magazines it's clips. If you have to take off your shoes to line up enough piggies to count the number of rounds, it's called Bananna clips.