Reply #146: If the stock is so irrelevant? WHY DO YOU WANT IT? Easy control in full auto?

[billbuckhead]

"The pistol grip design gives better control under full-auto fire. Helps
you hold the muzzle down, because your hand has better leverage. If you
look at submachine guns, most of them from the Thompson on forward have
had pistol grips. The original "assault rifle," the German Sturmgewehr
44, had basically the same outline as a modern military rifle. Imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery - the layout of the AK-47 is very
similar to the StG44. Mikhail Timofeyevich knew a good thing when he
saw it."

<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.guns/browse_thread/thread/e2d382ac20e5d89d/f905e2a5e15c5d17%23f905e2a5e15c5d17>

Just want to pretend it's a real automatic. I'm sure criminals would also like to fake us out and also it helps them shoot from behind walls.

Why should law enforcement need to face something like this cause you don't want to be seen with a "cowboy gun"?

As far as alcohol, it's been part of human culture for tens of thousands of years and occurs naturally in nature and is close to impossible to ban. Assault rifles are a very recent hard to make invention and have been successfully banned by advanced nations around the world.