Gun Control & RKBA

discntnt_irny_srcsm

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24. For the sake of your idea...

Fri Jul 1, 2016, 06:36 AM

Jul 2016

...I would conjecture that the M72 LAW could be more effective. It is a single use munition so "reloading" would mean picking up a second one. Now an M134D would be decidedly lethal but not man portable/operable. Despite movies with Arnold and a few others, at 85 lbs (unloaded) it's a gun that would need to mounted on a vehicle a driven around. Technically it is also a full-auto machine gun.

Moving up in power, caliber and difficulty to acquire there are systems like mortars, howitzers and tanks. I guess this list ends with nuclear weapons.

I'm kind of sure I don't see the point to this line of reasoning. There will always be a more powerful and less accessible weapon. If it becomes too difficult to hijack a plane then you'd have to buy or lease one to crash it into a building.

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A question [View all] Shankapotomus Jun 2016 OP

They are legal jtx Jun 2016 #1

So they're highly regulated Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #2

NFA jtx Jun 2016 #4

But pretty much everyon agrees that the last assault weapons ban TeddyR Jun 2016 #13

Not only highly regulated... krispos42 Jun 2016 #16

Fair question. needledriver Jun 2016 #3

That's actually a classic gun control myth. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #6

No kidding. needledriver Jun 2016 #7

Needless to say potentially personally lethal if done incorrectly. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #8

Anecdotal evidence suggests that it was done correctly. needledriver Jun 2016 #11

Perverted ideology enables the murderer to engage in their action. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #5

An answer Just reading posts Jun 2016 #9

Lack of supply. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #10

Full auto.. Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #12

Why were guns almost never used in England gejohnston Jun 2016 #14

Correct. Terrorists will always have access to weapons - even in the European model jtx Jun 2016 #15

Because they are ridiculously expensive and there aren't many of them Lurks Often Jun 2016 #17

While you may not realize it, you've asked a two part question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #18

Thanks Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #19

While I'm sure the answer is yes, I not sure of the scope of the question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #20

Because the general rebuttal to gun bans or more restrictions Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #21

For the sake of your idea... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #24

Fully automatic weapons aren't preferable Matrosov Jun 2016 #22

^^ This. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #23