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The only reason the MG had the effect that it did was that when it emerged, armies were still fighting in basically Napoleonic fashion; line up, slug it out, he who gets to go home wins. In the modern context, machine guns are nowhere near as impressive, because nobody's polite enough to cross open terrain in skermish-lines anymore. The MG hasn't been a battle-winner since WW2, when "fire-and-maneuver" tactics became paramount, and the personal MG ( aka Assault Rifle ) is mostly only good for clearing out enclosed spaces. At anything over about 50 yards, most people have so much trouble keeping a hand-held MG on target as to make "Group Therapy" an expensive exercise in making noise.
Machineguns are hardly the "magic wand" of the movies. They require considerable skill to use well and efficiantly, and the "spray and pray" method tends to only serve to burn up ammunition.
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"I personally think that America's interests would be well served if after or at the time these clowns begin their revolting little hate crime the local police come in and cart them off on some trumped up charges or other. It is necessary in my opinion that America makes an example of them to the world."
--Strange Famous, advocating the use of falsified charges in order to shut people up.
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