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Gun Control & RKBA

Jgarrick

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1. It's not odd that a mature technology hasn't radically changed.

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 02:52 PM

Mar 2014

it’s odd that small arms by and large haven’t progressed beyond mechanisms anchored firmly in the 20th century.

50 years ago we traveled by air in jet aircraft with a cruising speed of around 600 mph, and today...

We travel by air in jet aircraft with a cruising speed of around 600 mph (with somewhat greater fuel efficiency).

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The Man Who Wants to Buy the Biggest U.S. Gun Maker Doesn't Own a Gun [View all] SecularMotion Mar 2014 OP

It's not odd that a mature technology hasn't radically changed. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #1

The guy owns a company that is trying to produce a smart gun. clffrdjk Mar 2014 #3

I agree regarding smart guns. There simply isn't anything beyond the tiniest of niche markets Jgarrick Mar 2014 #6

That last sentence. Whatever your position on arms... Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #2

If he truly wants to get into the gun business he needs to do some serious studying. clffrdjk Mar 2014 #4

That was the biggest non-story sarisataka Mar 2014 #5

To get page views. (n/t) benEzra Apr 2014 #7

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"Ex-Sen. Scott Brown Working With Gun Company Tied To Brutal Regime" friendly_iconoclast Jun 2014 #9

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