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automatics
Lmao silly commies. You actually have to work (at this thing called a job) to afford the absolutely mad prices these weapons have been slated at, solely for the express purpose of whittling away our freedoms.
This all implying that they have the upper body strength to lift a Tommy gun.
Comment by QuantumDischarge at 04/12/2018 at 22:39 UTC
71 upvotes, 0 direct replies
These are the people that would actively try to buy illegal weapons on Craigslist, get caught in an ATF stings and complain that it’s the fault of capitalism
Comment by propyne_ at 04/12/2018 at 23:44 UTC
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A STEN is $20 in materials and a welder, let's not pretend it's in any way impossible to get full auto weapons.
Let's not pretend they know how to, either, but if they did they totally could, not even a question.
Comment by frehop at 04/12/2018 at 22:11 UTC
17 upvotes, 2 direct replies
They are only expensive if you obey the law. I don't think these guys really care about the law.
Comment by anuser999 at 05/12/2018 at 00:27 UTC
4 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Well that or be mechanically proficient enough to make a Sten gun in your garage. Ironically full-autos are much less complex than semi-autos.
Comment by bren97122 at 05/12/2018 at 05:49 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Somewhat off topic, but I’ve decided that if I ran my own country, law abiding citizens would be able to mail order assault rifles, belt fed machine guns, rocket launchers, grenades, mortars, flamethrowers, and other funs right to their doorstep.
Comment by Ouroboron at 04/12/2018 at 22:08 UTC*
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Automatics aren't priced that way to erode our freedoms. They are that expensive because of basic economics. With the registry closed to new manufacture for the civilian market, there is an upward demand on a scarce resource. Demand has increased. Supply has not.
Our freedoms were already eroded before prices skyrocketed. It was the cause of those price sounds. And that happened under Reagan, with no pushback from the NRA. They didn't give two shits about the Hughes Amendment.