"we should try the mass effect of having all non-hunting weapons permanently painted pastel pink"
I kinda like this idea.
"But I was under the impression that certain categories of semi-automatic weapons could in fact be aftermarket altered to function in an automatic fashion."
This was addressed in twocomments to yesterday's post about terminology. (I had thought so too, but apparently it's a lot harder than that and not often done.)
"If you can't hit what you need to hit with five bullets [...]"
My brother is a collector. Most of his military rifles only hold five rounds. (Also: they're from WWI and WWII.)
Even the magazine-size-limit issue turns out to itself be more complicated than sound-bites and bumper stickers can really cover. I do think there's a discussion to be had there. I don't think the correct answer is obvious yet.
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I kinda like this idea.
"But I was under the impression that certain categories of semi-automatic weapons could in fact be aftermarket altered to function in an automatic fashion."
This was addressed in two comments to yesterday's post about terminology. (I had thought so too, but apparently it's a lot harder than that and not often done.)
"If you can't hit what you need to hit with five bullets [...]"
My brother is a collector. Most of his military rifles only hold five rounds. (Also: they're from WWI and WWII.)
Even the magazine-size-limit issue turns out to itself be more complicated than sound-bites and bumper stickers can really cover. I do think there's a discussion to be had there. I don't think the correct answer is obvious yet.