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By 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 ha

By 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 ago
Drilling the hole, actually, is the crime. Prison requires being convicted of he crime.
- stephengillie 14y ago
  Right, 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 ago
    The 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 ago
      Not 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 ago
        Many 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 ago
        Are there mods beyond a lightning link or installing a FA FCG (which requires drilling a hole in the proper place)?
        jff 14y ago
        There'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 ago
Between 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/...

RyJones 14y ago

Drilling the hole, actually, is the crime. Prison requires being convicted of he crime.

stephengillie 14y ago
Right, 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 ago
  The 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 ago
    Not 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 ago
      Many 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 ago
        Are there mods beyond a lightning link or installing a FA FCG (which requires drilling a hole in the proper place)?
        jff 14y ago
        There'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 ago

Between 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/...