I suggest answer "A". Gunmakers do make plenty of full-auto weapons for military and other uniformed agencies, and for export. cn
He is correct, the AR-15 platform is one of the most popular hunting rifles in the nation. 10 years ago , even 5 years ago he would have been wrong, but today everyone and their dog has a semi-auto or a AR, you could even call the Ruger 10/22 and Marlin 60 hunting rifles, they built 16 million of them so far.
because there were very few automatic weapons sold before the sale of machine guns was restricted in 1934, and made practically illegal in 1968.
Its neither. It is legal for the manufacturer to sell full auto weapons to the general public, as long as that person has the proper permits. As long as you can pass a background checks and pay the fees and do the paperwork you too can own as many fully automatic weapons as you would like, heck you can have tanks and even artillery if you want. Mines, grenades, the whole shebang. The reason why most people don't bother getting a full auto weapon is because to get one legally costs starting at around $20,000, probably twice as much now that the media is blitzing gun control.
too heavy? i hunt with an enfeild no 1 mk 3, a remington model 8 (semi auto of browning design) a brazilian large ring 7mm mauser a remington model 7 in 30/06 and a winchester 1895 in 30/30, each one is far heavier than my brother's AR, and each one packs plenty of one shot kill.
it works because we have ALLOWED it to work. many regret accepting even that "reasonable" restriction since it is the camel's nose under the tent.
does work to do what? Control guns? yep you're right. gun control controls guns, does controlling guns mean less crime? Or does it just mean less GUN crime?
Exactly! This is the reason that second amendment defenders are intractable.
You probably don't walk 10-20 miles a day while hunting do you? Weight becomes an important factor when you have to hoof it everywhere. Hell when I was in the Marines I carried a M-16, 120 rounds of ammo, a 80 pound ruck sack, a 60 pound mortar base plate and about 20 pounds of ancillary combat gear. Then we went on 80 Kilometer hikes through the Mojave desert. I prefer to be less encumbered now that its 30 years later, old knees, old shoulders don't work as well as they used to.
Like I said, it controls guns, which in itself does nothing, no lessening of crime, no lessening of horrendous acts of violence. It only lessens the crimes committed by guns.
If you look at violent crime stats in Britain and Australia, you might conclude otherwise. cn
No what I am saying is what good does banning guns do when you stop 50 gun deaths but increase knife deaths by 100. What good did banning the gun do? All you did was disarm the victim so now they cannot defend themselves. You made things worse, but at least you can trumpet your victory at having lessened the deaths by guns, which we all know instant painless death by gun is way worse than slow death by blood loss. You have convinced me.
That's arbitrary.
