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Originally posted by Mr Mephisto
I hate guns. I abhor them and consider them a necessary evil for use only by government agents (soldiers, police etc).
Having said that, I am interested in them, probably due to my love of military history etc.
In anycase, notwithstanding the fact that I think citizens should not be allowed weapons, I thought some of this board's regulars might be interested in this link.
It's a page dedicated to the OICW, or Objective Individual Combat Weapon. From what little I know, the M-16a is meant to be a POS. Maybe this will replace it.
http://www.hkpro.com/oicw.htm
Mr Mephisto
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You hate firearms, yet you can't get enough of them? You must understand, the worst and grandest scale of evil ever committed using a firearm were comitted by government agents, yes, cops and soldiers. Citizens having complete access here in the US had the opposite effect the VPC and Brady Campaign would have you believe, and that's the crime rates being LOW, especially for firearms. At the pinnacle of organized crime, machineguns were still a small minority choice. Crime in California has skyrocketed after numerous bans, which aren't working. In fact, they're making the situation worse by assuring the two-bit thug better access. Granted Coke Warriors and true mafiosi won't be deterred by the average citizen, but that's what the police are for, if they can keep their pockets closed and their minds clear long enough.
The fact is, citizens are not 'allowed' weapons. It is a natural right of every living thing to defend itself as it sees fit. You break into my house, and threaten me in any way, prepare to be suitable for straining spaghetti.
As for the OICW, the project has basically blossomed into something even bigger now. It may have been initially its own thing, but they found that the results could never be sufficient. They broke it up into the two component elements, and H&K is now pawning them off to the US Military...
At another message board, from experienced shooters, the sentiment regarding the rifle component (
XM-8) is rather negative. It can't be proven to do the job any better than the AR-15 series, and there are systems that could replace the XM-8's results at a much lower cost, with possibly greater proficiency.