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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy not write a law banning guns that can fire 150 rounds in 5 minutes?
There seems to be a general consensus that that rate of fire is too high for civilians to own. Why is nobody writing a law that bans that?
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(8,155 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)why not address it? Give manufacturers an incentive to slow down semi autos in a way that is difficult to disable?
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(8,155 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)I'm more curious about the mental process here. If 150 rounds in 5 minutes is too fast, why is nobody pushing to ban that?
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(8,155 posts)dsc
(52,129 posts)It is refilling a musket 30 times a minute. It is refiling a 6 shooter 5 times a minute. that is fast by any measure.
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(8,155 posts)Richardo
(38,391 posts)You could manually fire that fast.
Plus, I'd imagine the gun mfrs would just make one that fires (x-1) in (y minutes).
gcomeau
(5,764 posts)Writing laws about one little performance or appearance aspect of a firearm is stupid. If you want effective legislation you write it for all firearms, period.
One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)The question is what cyclic rate is acceptable. Manufacturers will design to comply with the regulation. Second problem will be dealing with the human factor. The performance difference between an amateur and a professional could be significant. And what level of modification must be required for the rate to be changed, a tool, a simple tool, specialized tools normally available to manufacturers only?
Finally how does it interact with the currently available and/or iconic arms. If an expert with an M1 Garand can exceed the rate does that ban the Garand.
I would also ask is it one number or might it vary between arms over 30Inches and those under 16.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Have them test all kinds of firearms and associated loading gack, and make a list.
That list and the accoutrements involved get banned completely.
former9thward
(31,801 posts)But of course that is your purpose.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)0rganism
(23,855 posts)I'm no expert, but I can certainly imagine someone very proficient with a bolt-action rifle getting a round out every 2 seconds, especially if accuracy was no object. Raw rate of fire on this scale seems like a poor metric to legislate around.
MrSlayer
(22,143 posts)And while that might be the wet dream of all the anti-gunners, it's never, ever going to happen.
I said on the day of the Newtown slaughter that not a single damn thing was going to change as far as gun laws and look at what is going on in D.C.. Did people really think a multi billion dollar industry was going to allow itself to be slowed down in any way at the whim of a couple dozen corpses?
Money trumps everything.