How would “Send a heap of bullets fast” be less dangerous than “send less bullets”? When a bullet gets out of the gun it has a chance to hurt someone (including innocent people). A bullet that remains in the gun hurts no-one…
In my very limited experience of firing a handgun you shoot with a slight pause between shots to bring the muzzle back down on target.
If you go full auto, I suspect the shooter would find their muzzle going higher and higher so after the first couple shots they are shooting way high. So if they have 15 bullets in the magazine 3 are good and 12 are way off target type deal. Whereas if they were pulling the trigger at each shot they might aim the '12 air shots' more effectively.
Pure speculation but as I said has the feel of one of those things that may be counter intuitive to what you would initially expect.
It depends if you mean the person being shot at or bystanders. I imagine in most scenarios where people are using switches they have little to no firearm training in general and especially not any with switches engaged (it's not like you can use them at the range.) Their shots are probably more dangerous for bystanders and less dangerous for the specific person being targeted when compared to someone shooting a standard pistol that has training or plenty of range time.
I guess it depends why they are shooting. Is it to injure or kill as many people in an area, or shoot a particular individual at some considerable distance. I think the GP post is looking at from the perspective of the gun owner? Even from their perspective it may not make sense to modify the weapon. Obviously, not shooting at all and injuring anyone is the best, in general.
Accuracy matters. The Glock 18 is the factory produced fully automatic. It’s intended to be used with a brace to assist recoil management and accuracy.
It’s possible to fire full auto with reasonable accuracy and no brace. The amount of training it would take, though, that shooter is likely to be just as effective firing semi automatic.
If you go full auto, I suspect the shooter would find their muzzle going higher and higher so after the first couple shots they are shooting way high. So if they have 15 bullets in the magazine 3 are good and 12 are way off target type deal. Whereas if they were pulling the trigger at each shot they might aim the '12 air shots' more effectively.
Pure speculation but as I said has the feel of one of those things that may be counter intuitive to what you would initially expect.