Reply #80: No way to work

[Maine_Nurse]

It is pretty easy to manufacture both firearms and ammunition, even with nothing more than a basic home workshop, let alone for anyone with access to basic machinists tools and knowledge. You can't restrict charcoal, pipe, and metal, just won't work. One of my former customers who raced stock cars locally and did his own auto work had about $1500 in tools (most purchased used and at auctions) that are used to weld frames and machine some engine parts. He built a really nice bolt action .50 BMG rifle from scratch in very little time. Making a semi or full for that caliber takes a bit more engineering knowledge, but it would have been pretty simple for this mechanic to fab up a Sterling sub-machine gun if he desired. They are pretty simple machines. You simply can't restrict charcoal, steel, and tools.

The people that keep the world going round (plumbers, welders, machinists, mechanics, etc), have all the skills, knowledge, and tools to start making automatic weapons, just like farmers or even everyday home gardeners could easily convert to growing coca, poppies, and cannabis.

There will always be people to make weapons no matter what you do, then you have criminals having access to this stuff and you end up forcing otherwise law-abiding citizens to violate laws in order to protect themselves.