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In reply to the discussion: This Simple, Legal Add-On Lets an AR-15 Rifle Fire 900 Rounds Per Minute [View all]OneTenthofOnePercent
(6,268 posts)42. Breaks what rules?
I mean to show National Firearms act is obsolete by new invention, ie: you can buy a machine gun
Not a good machine gun but one that breaks the rules and has great potential for harm in the exact right situation.
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Not a good machine gun but one that breaks the rules and has great potential for harm in the exact right situation.
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This Simple, Legal Add-On Lets an AR-15 Rifle Fire 900 Rounds Per Minute [View all]
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
OP
Slate rarely gets technical things correct, and this story is no different
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#28
I expect accuracy from the media on technical matters. I am oft disappointed, regardless of
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#40
So if the headline read "This Simple, Legal Add-On Lets an AR-15 Rifle Fire 15 Rounds er Second" ..
Scuba
Jan 2013
#11
The same; there is a limit to how much weight a mass murderer can carry arround.
Xipe Totec
Jan 2013
#13
And the less ammo he has, the fewer people he can kill. I like my logic lesson better than yours.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#15
If you are going to be dead afterwards, the splurge probably doesnt matter. nt
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#43
That's the fundamental problem; there's little you can do to stop a kamikaze
Xipe Totec
Jan 2013
#44
I disagree. Guns make them too easy is the issue. Without guns, someone trying to cause
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#46
If it's legal to pack a 900-rounds-per-minute assault weapon on one's hip, great comfort can be
indepat
Jan 2013
#8
Those 100 round mags are not reliable. More likely to jam prior to any melt down
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#36
The difference in the stocks is the one banned used a spring mechanism for the return action.
RomneyLies
Jan 2013
#38
I mean to show National Firearms act is obsolete by new invention, ie: you can buy a machine gun
MightyMopar
Jan 2013
#29
Subjective and not relevant...also can be used for suppression fire against police...
uponit7771
Jan 2013
#54
When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes.
krawhitham
Jan 2013
#49
But, but, but...criminals don't obey laws, so we can't ban those modifications!
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2013
#50