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MD: Is the problem the weapon, or the person with the weapon?
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Gun technology hasn’t changed much in a century. The first successful semi-automatic rifle was designed in 1885. Remington introduced its autoloading rifle in 1905. In the mid 1920s, you could purchase a Thompson submachine gun through the mail. It fired 1,500 rounds per minute and could empty a 100-round magazine in four seconds. By comparison, the AK-47 (designed in 1947) only fires 600 rpm and the M-16 (designed in 1959) fires 950 rpm.
Conversely, access to firearms has been progressively tightened over the years. The 1934 National Firearms Act made it illegal for most citizens to own a fully automatic machine gun. |
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Stripeseven
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| Is the problem the weapon, or the person with the weapon? Really? Only someone with a brain that's no bigger than a pencil eraser would ask something like that. Ridiculous... Come on... |
| Comment by:
PHORTO
(11/23/2018)
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| (Cue Graham Chapman) "Sorry. Too logical. Next sketch." |
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