Aren’t AKs already banned?
I was under the impression that there haven’t been any new automatics on the market for decades; if you want an automatic you need a special license and someone willing to sell.
I don’t really know TBH, I get most of gun knowledge from Ian McCullom and being a Brit I’m not all that interested in the legal side.
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jonbob loves you, Wed 6 Jul 2022, 23:33,
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In some states I think they are allowed (probably texas) and yeah his channel is one I watch a lot
as well as Demolition Ranch, Garand Thumb, Kentucky ballistics etc. an "unhealthy interest" in firearms I was told by a friend but those channels are quite entertaining and novel to watch especially from over here in the UK where we just dont have the amount of weaponry they have. (legally anyway)
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TBL I posted this on, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 0:49,
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A full auto is a machine gun
I don't think there is anywhere that you can own one in the US without several hoops. You also can't buy a new one, so the very few that are available command an hefty price.
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An Egg ,D, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 2:20,
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ACTUALLY...
Every Machine Gun is full-auto, but not every gun capable of full-auto is a Machine Gun.
If it has a limited burst or single-shot firing switch, it's (almost certainly) not a Machine Gun. I believe the AK-47 has a semi-auto firing mode, which would put it firmly into Automatic Rifle territory.
I'm being a total Pedant, though. Because, as you rightly state, it's rather difficult and costly to legally obtain and operate a fully automatic weapon. The US Government are quite rightly concerned about how potentially dangerous these weapons could be in the wrong hands, compared to - oh, I dunno - a weapon where you need to pull the trigger every time you want to inflict grievous damage on another human being.
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You seem to be the only person here who understands the difference.
According to Wikipedia, Title 2 defines a machine gun as, "Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger."
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An Egg ,D, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 19:51,
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The quotation marks are theirs.
They are quoting Title 2.
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An Egg ,D, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 22:49,
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I've sampled some of those, but prefer FW.
My interest is in how they work rather than what they're used for, so naturally I prefer watching Ian take something apart without any loud background music. Truth be told I seldom watch his videos on the range because I find the whole thing rather silly, though I would still pay real money to see him play around with a G11.
Demolition (and Vet) Ranch were fun for a while, but mainly because of the tight shirts.
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jonbob loves you, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 4:54,
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That mad Russian (who wasn't a Russian)
Was fun for a while until he got busted. (as did a few others like American Guns) The rest tend to fall into a spectrum ranging from entertainment to mind numbing extreme geekery (sort of from FPS Russia to Wilson Combat) and I would be more of a machine mind as opposed to "go bang kill" as well
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TBL I posted this on, Thu 7 Jul 2022, 12:01,
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