Gun Control & RKBA

pipoman

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4. Of coarse prior to NFA

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:49 PM

Nov 2012

you could easily by a Thompson machine gun at any hardware store. Even then they really weren't practical and most guns were bought for practicality at that time..I doubt very many, statistically, were used for crime, more novelty..sport shooting wasn't as popular at that time..

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Machine gun crime before 1934(a statistics question) [View all] NewMoonTherian Nov 2012 OP

Well, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre was in 1929 Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

Good luck! tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #2

I doubt they were common gejohnston Nov 2012 #3

Of coarse prior to NFA pipoman Nov 2012 #4

Hard to glean full-auto deaths over the last 20 yrs. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #5

May have something to do safeinOhio Nov 2012 #6

that would not explain their higher use in Europe gejohnston Nov 2012 #7

Wrong Group to Ask fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #8

Really? tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #9

Exhibit A fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #11

You must be talking about your post, tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #12

Right fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #14

That's cuz I'm not talking to the original poster tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #15

Still Zero Statistcs From You and This Group fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #16

see post 17 tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #18

Good for You fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #19

I don't know if it was or not tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #20

I've tried several searches, still no luck tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #10

So Far the Answer Seems to Be Zero fightthegoodfightnow Nov 2012 #13

I haven't found anything concrete... tortoise1956 Nov 2012 #17

Possible Sources of Automatic Weapon Crime RBrudzynski Dec 2012 #21

Since this thread was resurrected, I'll add a point not mentioned Lurks Often Dec 2012 #22