• SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        There are plenty of guns sold, machine guns haven’t been sold as new since 1986 and have had a special process for purchase since the 1930s.

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          I guess when I say machine gun I’m meaning (incorrectly) a rifle like an AR-15. Whether it be single shot (is that semi-auto) or automatic. Although I believe you can’t get autos as that’s why people use bump stocks; I again guess.

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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            1 month ago

            An AR-15 is a semi-automatic sporting rifle. A machine gun is something like an M249 SAW or an M60, and not available to most people. You can get a permit from the ATF, but from start to finish the gun will cost you around $60,000.

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              1 month ago

              But can it kill multiple people really fast and do they sell it at Walmart? I know the answer to the first one but I genuinely don’t know if they sell those there. I have seen guns though lol

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            Bump sticks are ineffective as a way to increase fire rate and are a gimmick. They are notoriously unreliable. If you want to be scared, look up binaries triggers(or don’t) but they aren’t really used in crime. Other than a case here in my state, and I believe one other. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not the scary looking guns that kill most people. The majority of gun reported shootings, are suicides, or, inner city crime. Neither of which I condone by any means, however, people are not walking around with bump stocks.