Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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14. Why were guns almost never used in England

Thu Jun 30, 2016, 10:10 AM

Jun 2016

even when there were no gun control laws at all? There are more now than then? Why didn't Jack the Ripper use a gun? Part of it is you use what you can get, and part of it is culture. Full autos were never common in the US, even when they weren't as tightly regulated as they are now. The ones used by people like Dillinger were stolen from police and national guard armories, not purchased. After the first World War, Colt offered the BAR for sale to the general public. They sold zero. The company that made the Thompson was always near bankruptcy until WW2.

Illegal machine guns are inexpensive and easy to get in Europe. You can get a full auto in Belgium or France for half the price of a legal AR in the US. In Australia, you just make your own in the basement. The bright side of that is you can have over a hundred drive bys over two years without hitting anyone in Merrylands, a suburb of Sydney.
BTW, fully automatic and machine guns is redundant. How are you defining "effective"? If effective means wiping out a bunch of people with infinite ammo, you have been watching too many movies.

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A question [View all] Shankapotomus Jun 2016 OP

They are legal jtx Jun 2016 #1

So they're highly regulated Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #2

NFA jtx Jun 2016 #4

But pretty much everyon agrees that the last assault weapons ban TeddyR Jun 2016 #13

Not only highly regulated... krispos42 Jun 2016 #16

Fair question. needledriver Jun 2016 #3

That's actually a classic gun control myth. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #6

No kidding. needledriver Jun 2016 #7

Needless to say potentially personally lethal if done incorrectly. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #8

Anecdotal evidence suggests that it was done correctly. needledriver Jun 2016 #11

Perverted ideology enables the murderer to engage in their action. JonathanRackham Jun 2016 #5

An answer Just reading posts Jun 2016 #9

Lack of supply. Press Virginia Jun 2016 #10

Full auto.. Puha Ekapi Jun 2016 #12

Why were guns almost never used in England gejohnston Jun 2016 #14

Correct. Terrorists will always have access to weapons - even in the European model jtx Jun 2016 #15

Because they are ridiculously expensive and there aren't many of them Lurks Often Jun 2016 #17

While you may not realize it, you've asked a two part question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #18

Thanks Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #19

While I'm sure the answer is yes, I not sure of the scope of the question discntnt_irny_srcsm Jun 2016 #20

Because the general rebuttal to gun bans or more restrictions Shankapotomus Jun 2016 #21

For the sake of your idea... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2016 #24

Fully automatic weapons aren't preferable Matrosov Jun 2016 #22

^^ This. pablo_marmol Jul 2016 #23