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In reply to the discussion: Sunday Shooting Review [View all]farminator3000
(2,117 posts)and you are too lame to explain how a 30 round mag isn't function
or a how a pistol grip that lets you remove the stock isn't function
or a silencer on a rifle isn't...
blah blah same crap over and over.
Of the top 15 gun manufacturers, 11 now manufacture assault weapons, many of them variants of the AR-15 derived from a military rifle designed to kill enemy soldiers at close-to-medium range with little marksmanship. The industry loves these "modern sporting rifles" because they can be tricked out with expensive scopes, loaders, lights and lasers. "Most of the money is in accessories," says Feldman.
As one gun rep recently boasted to an industry publication: "The AR platform is like Legos for grown men."
you like deadly legos.
"The net of all the numbers is that if you're a company with a strong line of high-capacity pistols and AR-style rifles, you're doing land-office business. If you're heavily dependent on hunting, you are hurting."
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-nra-vs-america-20130131?print=true
Feldman is more succinct, calling his former employer a "cynical, mercenary political cult."