'Machine Guns'

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vaneyck — 10 years ago(September 23, 2015 10:40 AM)

All that to-do about M16s. Life in prison for possession of one. But now, thanks to the NRA defending our Second Amendment rights, any robber who wants one can find any assault rifle he wants, along with a kit to make it full auto. Who says there's no progress? Not the crooks!

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jimprideaux — 10 years ago(November 28, 2015 01:12 PM)

Don't know where they came up with "machine guns" but I never heard of M-16s being referred to as machine guns back in the day.

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emncaity — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 09:49 PM)

It's a pretty broad use of the term, but M16s on full auto would be considered "machine guns" for the purposes of guys like these.

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emncaity — 9 years ago(January 29, 2017 09:51 PM)

You think "robbers" couldn't find "assault rifles" without the NRA or without any gun-rights initiatives over the past however many years? Really?
Also: What is your definition of an "assault rifle," specifically?
No, I'm not even close to being against reasonable gun-control measures. I'm talking about definitions and arguments that make sense, though.