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.
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.