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That just means it chambers new rounds automatically. You still have to pull the trigger for every shot.
The point is Russian Roulette is impossible with a semi-auto since no matter how many rounds you load one is always going to go into the chamber.
Plus it's supposed to be done with a revolver, so the closest thing that would make sense is "dual-action"
You always pull the trigger in russian roulette. That's the entire point. Which is why semi-autos can't work. Or, rather, work all too well.
Touché. You still have to chamber the first round though, so a person would have to be exceedingly stupid to do this.
I just often see people talking about semi-auto as if they think it means fully-auto, so I was confused on the other commenter's point at first...