I think that the numbers for responsible gun owners still speak for themselves- No legally owned fully-automatic firearm in private hands in the US has been linked to a crime.
That is a fascinating piece data, if true. Is the comment downvoted heavily because it is false or because of some political concern? Can someone sufficiently interested in US gun laws to be aware of the statistics confirm for us?
My country doesn’t allow random citizens legal ownership of fully automatic weapons and don’t particularly object to that. But even so it’d be rather amusing if even in the US where fully automatic weapons are legal it is still only black market fully automatic weapons that have ever been linked to a crimes. If true I assume the factors of price and of being ridiculously easy to trace back to you due to registration are the deterrent. (Possibly combined with a sufficiently free flowing black market.)
Mostly price. Since fully automatic weapons are legal, but producing or importing them for civilian use in the USA has been illegal for many years, the few remaining command quite a premium. They are not used in stickups for the same reason Rolls-Royces are not used as getaway cars.
They are not used in stickups for the same reason Rolls-Royces are not used as getaway cars.
I wouldn’t use a gun registered in my name and of a type that is relatively rare for the same reason I wouldn’t use a Rolls-Royce with my number plate right there on the back as a getaway car. I don’t want the authorities to have a reason to privilege me as a hypothesis just because Mortimer and I are the only two people registered with that kind of weapon in the entire city.
Available to people who cannot pass a background check
Less traceable (if a black market weapon is found at the scene of a crime, it is harder to determine who owned it last.
Fairly easy to create through easily researched and fairly simple modifications to grey market or legal Semi-automatic firearms
Compare the Waco Branch Davidians, who were served with warrants because they purchased the materials under circumstances which indicated probable cause to believe that they were being used for illegal purposes.
That is a fascinating piece data, if true. Is the comment downvoted heavily because it is false or because of some political concern? Can someone sufficiently interested in US gun laws to be aware of the statistics confirm for us?
My country doesn’t allow random citizens legal ownership of fully automatic weapons and don’t particularly object to that. But even so it’d be rather amusing if even in the US where fully automatic weapons are legal it is still only black market fully automatic weapons that have ever been linked to a crimes. If true I assume the factors of price and of being ridiculously easy to trace back to you due to registration are the deterrent. (Possibly combined with a sufficiently free flowing black market.)
Mostly price. Since fully automatic weapons are legal, but producing or importing them for civilian use in the USA has been illegal for many years, the few remaining command quite a premium. They are not used in stickups for the same reason Rolls-Royces are not used as getaway cars.
I wouldn’t use a gun registered in my name and of a type that is relatively rare for the same reason I wouldn’t use a Rolls-Royce with my number plate right there on the back as a getaway car. I don’t want the authorities to have a reason to privilege me as a hypothesis just because Mortimer and I are the only two people registered with that kind of weapon in the entire city.
Black market FA firearms are:
Cheaper
Available to people who cannot pass a background check
Less traceable (if a black market weapon is found at the scene of a crime, it is harder to determine who owned it last.
Fairly easy to create through easily researched and fairly simple modifications to grey market or legal Semi-automatic firearms
Compare the Waco Branch Davidians, who were served with warrants because they purchased the materials under circumstances which indicated probable cause to believe that they were being used for illegal purposes.
Try an extra newline before the bulleted list there.
Try asterisks for your bulleted list there.
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