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Chainfire

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8. The firearms industry would be in hog heaven if they were allowed to start making new

Reply to DetroitLegalBeagle (Reply #7)

Mon May 30, 2022, 09:15 AM

May 2022

machine guns for civilian use. They would sell them faster than they could be made.

As it is today, the industry stays up nights trying to reinvent or remarket the same gun every year to make it different enough to be attractive to people. If they can't make a product more lethal, which really sells, they make it look more lethal.

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Curiosity question. Why are rocket launchers labeled as "destructive devices" by [View all] Ferrets are Cool May 2022 OP

Also automatic weapons exboyfil May 2022 #1

I think it was because there were already a lot of civilian models of semi-auto handguns at the time NutmegYankee May 2022 #3

Actually the launcher itself isn't illegal to own, it's the rocket itself without the steps to MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #2

I remember those pistols were always called automatics Walleye May 2022 #4

The reason they were initially called automatics is because they automatically MarineCombatEngineer May 2022 #5

The all-or-nothing NRA has been chipping away at firearms restrictions for years. sop May 2022 #6

If this upcoming SCOTUS case establishes strict scrutiny as the review standard, or worse... DetroitLegalBeagle May 2022 #7

The firearms industry would be in hog heaven if they were allowed to start making new Chainfire May 2022 #8

Most existing AR-15s will be modified with M-16 fire control parts when it becomes legal to do so. sop May 2022 #10

Is the conversion as good as a mass produced exboyfil May 2022 #11

From what I've read, AR-15s can be modified with the select fire parts with little effort, and be sop May 2022 #12

Your question is certainly valid. Chainfire May 2022 #9

" If the repeated massacre of children is not enough to influence the right" Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #13

So, the implied question is, "What would?" Chainfire May 2022 #14

Rocket launcher manufacturers dont have powerful lobby representing them? nt Kashkakat v.2.0 May 2022 #15