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Yes, you could modify it, but it is by law different. In fact, try it and you go to prison. They are still not the same.
by speedyrev 14y ago
Yes, you could modify it, but it is by law different. In fact, try it and you go to prison.
They are still not the same.
- _delirium 14y agoSure, they're legally different, but the article as I read it covers that: they describe the M16 as an automatic-fire, military variant of the AR15. Isn't that accurate?
- RyJones 14y agoYes, that is correct.
- RyJones 14y agoYou are correct that outside of being an SOT it is illegal to make the modification; I am merely pointing out that the difference is trivial, not core.
- stephengillie 14y agoBy modifying it, we're talking about disassembling it, drilling a hole through a piece of metal, and reassembling it. You're telling me that the instant the hacker reassembles the gun, she'll be placed in prison?
- RyJones 14y agoDrilling the hole, actually, is the crime. Prison requires being convicted of he crime.
- stephengillie 14y agoRight, but before a person is put into prison, that modification has to be discovered, investigated, and the person charged and convicted of a crime. Meanwhile, the tool appears identical to an unmodified tool from the exterior.
- jff 14y agoThe risks far outweigh any possible benefits. Perform the modification. Great. Now you have a weapon which shoots expensive ammunition much more rapidly at worse accuracy, and if you take it to a range, you'll probably get arrested. If you ever get caught with it, you will lose your liberty for some period of time, and for the rest of your life be unable to own firearms. That's why idiot "mall ninjas" (google the term) like to brag about how easy it would be to convert their gun to full auto, but almost nobody actually does it.
- RyJones 14y agoNot sure if I'm the idiot mall ninja category here, so I'll point out what I'm trying to do is inject some technical backing into the conversation without much editorial. I prefer the term "SSDG" or "Space Shuttle Door Gunner", though.
- D9u 14y agoMany of these home mods result in a runaway rifle, where it doesn't stop firing when the trigger is released. It only stops when it malfunctions, or runs out of ammo. Definitely not something I'd want an idiot to be carrying.
- RyJones 14y agoAre there mods beyond a lightning link or installing a FA FCG (which requires drilling a hole in the proper place)?
- jff 14y agoThere's the Slide Fire linked elsewhere in the thread, which as far as I can tell is just a mechanical bump-fire assist. Bump firing is a Bad Idea, by the way.
- starnixgod 14y agoBetween the years 1996 - 2007, if you were in possession of a firearm and shoelaces you possessed an illegal machine gun http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ATF-shoestring-machine-gun-2007.jpg http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/...
- speedyrev 14y agoThe M16 was the military designation of the CAR15. The AR15 platform is the semi-auto evolution of the rifle in the civilian market. I know I'm picky, but it's still different. There is one cloudy statement of the difference, but thereafter the author equates the two.