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Not to mention, the technology to manufacture fully automatic weapons (especially if the intention is to fire into a crowd indiscriminately) is straightforward.
by microcolonel 9y ago
Not to mention, the technology to manufacture fully automatic weapons (especially if the intention is to fire into a crowd indiscriminately) is straightforward.
Anyone with a machine shop and standard industrial materials can build an open bolt machine gun. There are about seven or eight parts involved if you want to be able to stop firing in the middle of a burst, about five parts if you don't care.
If the parts are crude enough, and the aim doesn't matter that much, you don't even need modern manufactured ammunition.
- muzani 9y agoMachine guns are hard to make. They may be theoretically easy, like building something like Facebook. But something portable that doesn't jam or fall apart is much harder.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoHard to do isn't a deterrent, it's a market. Making it criminal simply creates a criminal market.
- muzani 9y agoIt's a cost. If it costs too much, someone might go for another option.