> One of the problems with weapons in the AR 15 class is that they are very commonly converted to fully automatic. Citation, please? I'm not aware of ANY AR-1

> One of the problems with weapons in the AR 15 class is that they are very commonly converted to fully automatic. Citation, please? I'm not aware of ANY AR-15 being converted to automatic and being used in a mass shooting. In fact, outside of a handful of "militia types", I can't think of any at all. The closest thing off the top of my head would be the West Hollywood Shootout back in the 90s, but I believe they used illegally-converted AKs, not ARs. > Perhaps I just live in an unfortunate part of Texas, but I know a number of people who have performed the mod on theirs… and frankly, among the people I know, these were already there people I was last comfortable knowing owned any firearms at all... You know a number of people who have committed a federal felony? I'm a huge gun nut and have literally hundreds of friends with large gun collections and know of no one who has manufactured an illegal machinegun. I guess you run with a rougher crowd...