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Originally Posted by Jeff
Well does this mean anybody can buy an AK-47 or Uzi now?
I'm just trying to get educated here. I'm really neither for, or against it at this point.
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I understand that you are confused by all this "assault weapons" talk. That is what the politicians want. Under the AWB, I bought an AK47 derivative, called a MAK90. It is made in China, and is intended to be a "sporter" rifle. It came with 5 round magazines, and a thumbhole stock. A thumbhole stock simply connects the stock to the pistol grip, thus making it "legal". Same functionality, etc. However, there is a provision in the AWB, which says if you have x American parts in a gun, then you can have x number of "bad" accessories. So I slapped a few American parts into the gun, and now I replaced the thumbhole stock with a pistol grip and regular stock, and put 30 round magazines in it (not to mention my 75 round drum).
So what did the AWB really do? Mainly, it made it a pain in the ass to modify your gun, and drove prices up on the "bad" features/guns. Once the ban sunsets, I'm going to a gunsmith and getting a folding stock welded onto my gun for ease of transport and storage. People always ask "Why?" I say "Why not?" I don't question why you need to drive a car, why you need to smoke cigarettes, why you need to have anal sex with your girlfriend (these are general statements, not personally addressed to anyone). I will never kill someone with my guns, except in the extremely off chance that someone breaks into my house. This shouldn't be a concern of yours unless you break into houses.
Just as a side note, fully automatic guns aren't necessarily more dangerous than semi-automatic. It is very hard to control a gun firing full auto, and it is mainly used to keep peoples heads down. Firing semi-auto is much more accurate, and you are more likely to hit your intended target. Look at the event that brought about the AWB, the bank robbery in LA where the two criminals had full auto AK47s. They wounded 9 cops and a number of civilians, but they didn't kill anyone. If they fired on semi-auto, I'd be willing to bet that they would have killed a few people atleast. Why? Because it isn't as scary, thus the police wouldn't have hid as much behind cover, taken more chances, gone out into the open more, etc.
Anyway, I could go on about this but I'll digress.