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‘We have a problem on our hands’: Handguns-turned-automatic weapons a growing concern
Mercury News via MSN ^ | 8 apr 2022 | Jakob Rodgers

Posted on 04/08/2022 8:17:17 AM PDT by rellimpank

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To: Clarancebeaks

Maybe the increase in ghost guns is due to all of the guns drowning in boating accidents these last ten years.


61 posted on 04/08/2022 10:43:51 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright coled day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Spktyr

“That very much depends on the pistol itself. The few full auto versions of the FN High Power ended up being chest (maybe), sky, sky and nobody bought them.”

Play with the powder burn rate and install load rated recoil springs for the weaker round until it’s just right. Add a ported suppressor and the inertial mass will help contain the recoil.


62 posted on 04/08/2022 10:49:59 AM PDT by MercyFlush (I don't follow the science. I follow the money. )
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To: rellimpank
Checkout Hickock45 demo..

Full Auto Glock 17

63 posted on 04/08/2022 10:58:12 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: MercyFlush

The former isn’t going to happen in regular military or police usage and they generally don’t seem to be interested in adding a suppressor either.


64 posted on 04/08/2022 11:02:51 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Fully automatic is no substitute for aiming.

Jeff Cooper was hired as consultant to some high ranking raghead whose bodyguards were armed with Mac 10s. Jeff told the guy full auto is a handicap in a gunfight. They didn't believe him.

He took them on a Hogan's Alley shootout scenario and so completely outperformed them that their boss ordered them to start carrying 1911s and become proficient with them.

65 posted on 04/08/2022 11:08:17 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: flamberge
Glock pistol with auto-sear and a 30-round magazine

You can actually buy a 100 round magazine for those. They will also work with Ruger's PC Carbine.

66 posted on 04/08/2022 11:34:05 AM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: rellimpank

“shooting with any sort of accuracy nearly impossible”

NO! Not “nearly impossible”, but IMPOSSIBLE.

The first shot could be accurate, all others would be high and higher, and higher. (I think that’s a song)

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=higher+and+higher+song&t=brave&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DAIy6X4VTWpk

Hilarious video


67 posted on 04/08/2022 11:41:28 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: Obadiah
They fire single shot or in 3-round bursts because fully auto is highly inaccurate and wastes ammo.

The Generals decided the same thing about repeaters in the Civil War. Lever action rifles were available but never issued because Ammo...........

68 posted on 04/08/2022 11:46:24 AM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: itsahoot
You can actually buy a 100-round magazine for those.

Would be fun, but I could not afford the ammo to feed it.

I should work on getting invited to the right weekend parties.

69 posted on 04/08/2022 11:50:54 AM PDT by flamberge (How fast you run does not matter if it is in the wrong direction.)
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To: Red Badger

When the “news” talks about “ghost guns”, they usually allude to 3-D printed or home finished (80%, or kit-guns) firearms.
However any (stolen) gun with a defaced serial number is also included in this category.
In my limited research, I haven’t found any numbers on how many printed or 80% firearms were used in violent crimes.
I’ve seen a few anecdotal instances, but most appear to be used by people that are not legally allowed to have any guns.


70 posted on 04/08/2022 11:57:42 AM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: I have an alibi.)
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To: rellimpank
You don't have a gun problem.
You don't have a crime problem.
You have a thug culture (PEOPLE) problem.

Start killing/capturing/imprisoning the 2-3% of population that commit and RECOMMIT violent crimes, and crime will slow.

If you start dealing with criminals as quickly and violently as they dealt their victims, crime would stop almost overnight.

71 posted on 04/08/2022 2:16:04 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Delete FB, TWTR, GOOGL, AMZN, YHOO, Gmail/chrome. Use Gab, Brave + DDG, VPN, Freerepublic )
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To: flamberge
Would be fun, but I could not afford the ammo to feed it.

Me neither even if I could find it on the shelves.

72 posted on 04/08/2022 4:33:07 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: rellimpank
If I'm kicking in doors in close quarters, I want a full automatic, preferably .45 ACP. Same for up or down stairwells or encountering hostiles running across the open to get better positions on us.

I'd also want full automatic if manning a checkpoint. May need to unload on a carful or truckful in seconds.

73 posted on 04/08/2022 7:16:28 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: jeffersondem

“I have always been thankful the Germans adopted the Sturmgewehr 44.

If they had stuck with bolt action rifles they would have won the war.”

first time I heard developing the first assault rifle cost the nazis the war....lol


74 posted on 04/08/2022 8:25:24 PM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes. That’s why the military took rock and roll off the rifles. It’s just wasting ammo.


75 posted on 04/12/2022 10:28:54 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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