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According to the literal text of the statute quoted there, the definition of "machinegun" hinges on a "single function of the trigger". If the shoestring achiev
by panarky 3y ago
According to the literal text of the statute quoted there, the definition of "machinegun" hinges on a "single function of the trigger". If the shoestring achieves rapid fire by causing multiple functions of the trigger, how is it a machinegun by that definition?
Also, for anyone like me who expected that jpg would be a photo of the shoestring instead of text on paper, here's what it looks like.
https://i.imgur.com/5N3EHxh.jpg https://i.imgur.com/5N3EHxh.jpg
- aardvarkr 3y agoHere’s the shoestring-modified M1 in operation. That’s pretty clearly a fully automatic weapon. https://ifunny.co/video/shoestring-machine-gun-in-september-2004-the-atf-decided-that-mKGWzGMC8?s=cl https://ifunny.co/video/shoestring-machine-gun-in-september-...
- panarky 3y agoHow would you re-write the statute so that it would apply to this?
- michaelt 3y agoPresumably if I had a semi-automatic rifle and I attached a solenoid to the rifle's trigger then set up an arduino to actuate the solenoid at 2Hz whenever a button was held down, the button would become the gun's trigger for purposes of determining whether the rifle+solenoid+arduino assembly was a machine gun.