J. Clarke wrote:
HeyBub wrote:
DGDevin wrote:
Bob S. wrote:

There are people out there that would insist that a fully automatic
weapon is a necessary hunting gun - right up until they have been
shot at by one.

Bob S.

Can you quote any of them? I've followed the arguments of the
gun-rights crowd somewhat, and I don't recall seeing anyone insist
that they need full-auto weapons for hunting. I'd be interested in
knowing where I could find statements from people that they need
machine guns for hunting, got any links handy?

Just today:

"[FREETOWN, Sierra Leone] 'We have forced water into the building and
some of the snakes trying to escape were shot by our men carrying
AK-47s...About 250 of the estimated 400 snakes who had made the
[police] station their home have been killed."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090613/od_nm/us_snakes

Huh? Once again you have found no statement that people need machine
guns for hunting, all that you have found is that some cops in Sierra
Leone used their issue AK-47s to shoot snakes. What would you have
had them do, waste time and money going off and obtaining more
politically correct firearms for that one incident when the ones they
were issued would do the job just fine?

Your point is well-taken, but we don't know whether they tried shotguns,
nets, or most any other devices. We do know they tried snake-charmers with
poor results. It could be, as you suggest, they simply used what's at hand.
Or maybe they tried tear gas or pepper-spray, rock music, pictures of
Madonna, prayer, fasting, and a call to the White House, but the only thing
that sort-of worked was a machine gun.

I thought you were asking for a civilian use for a machine gun and, since I
happened to see this article today, thought it might satisfy your
requirements.