How many people do you know that has an automatic weapon? I sure dont know anyone.....it takes a $1000 BTAF tax stamp to possess one.

The problem is that the anti gun lobby has taken anew to ban any "semi-automatic" gun that looks like an "assault weapon" regardless of its rate of fire. People dont realize that the military .223 and the NATO equivalent were not specifically chosen for their killing power...their weight played a large part of the decision so the GI could carry more ammo.

The anti-gun tactics now are to ban all guns that have a "Detachable Magazine" using the rationale that if the magazine is removable, you can stick a bigger magazine in. Watch the news.....the press always says something like an "assault rifle" or "spraying bullets" or "automatic fire". Those dimwits have never tried pulling the trigger 20 or 30 times in rapid succession and tried to hit anything.

There used to be a statistic that the average gun fight involving a law enforcement person was over after something like 4.x shots were fired....dont know if such is still true but the guy firing a full auto M16 with two magazines taped together is essentially movie stuff. There are the drug guys in Mexico who have stolen or illegal autos but here in the USA, a full auto used in crime is a real rarity.


mike in tucson