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wasoxygen  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: FiveSplaining: Firearms (Interest Measuring)

    As for handguns, yep.

It does seem that the primary impediment to an emotionally disturbed person obtaining a firearm is emotional disturbance.

I was going to wonder how other countries manage the difficulty of defining what constitutes a firearm. Australia has a reputation for having an effective gun control policy, but The Source makes me wonder if that reputation is deserved.

    "Despite the fact that several researchers using the same data have examined the impact of the NFA on firearm deaths, a consensus does not appear to have been reached."

    in the decade after the NFA, non-gun homicide rates fell by 59% and gun homicides fell by the same 59%

The Wired article does point out the strangeness of the U.S. controls on the lower receiver but not the upper receiver with its rifled barrel, "a component that looks much more like a gun than the lower receiver and whose total lack of regulation is, frankly, bizarre".

It also stated that "buying or selling a ghost gun is illegal, but making one remains kosher under US gun control laws" but I guess this only applies to licensed dealers. And there is, probably, no hard data on what portion of gun sales go through licensed dealers.

    Ironically, the state legislator who tried to have the bullet button outlawed in California is currently in federal prison for, among other things, gun running.

That's just the kind of weird story I was hoping for. Under "Political career":

    In 1992, Yee was arrested for alleged shoplifting a bottle of tanning oil from the KTA Superstore in Kona's Keauhou Shopping Village.

Bonus points for the connection to the Hot Coffee mod.

    This second thing was the bolt release.

I always thought he was just whacking the magazine to make sure the cartridges were lined up or something, like a pack of cigarettes. Probably the gun nuts were thrilled to see anything like a realistic reload on screen. I remember howls of protest on the IMDB page for "American Sniper" or "Hurt Locker" when a soldier's rifle jammed because some blood spilled on the cartridges. "It would just lubricate them!" I'm not going to look it up because IMDB and IMFDB and IMCDB are awful time sinks which already consumed more than my lunch hour.





johnnyFive  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

IMFDB makes me very happy.

But yeah, a lot of the regulations are very vague and weird, simply because of how hot a political issue it is.

    Australia has a reputation for having an effective gun control policy, but The Source makes me wonder if that reputation is deserved.

I'm inclined to agree. If you look at their murder rates pre-1996 and post-, there doesn't seem to be a major change. One of the things that you have to be careful about is studies that look at whether gun homicides go down as opposed to just homicides in general. In other words, you can't say that stricter gun controls reduce homicide if people just start killing each other with something else. I'll also note this study (PDF) that discusses gun ownership rates and homicide rates in various countries.

    I always thought he was just whacking the magazine to make sure the cartridges were lined up or something, like a pack of cigarettes.

Nope. There's a famous scene from Apocalypse Now where a guy in a helicopter does this on his helmet, but I don't think it's actually necessary.

kleinbl00  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    It also stated that "buying or selling a ghost gun is illegal, but making one remains kosher under US gun control laws" but I guess this only applies to licensed dealers.

My cousin assembled an FN-FAL entirely off of eBay for less than $500.

johnnyFive  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait, for real? Mainly the parts kit, right?

I'm looking for a good 7.62 battle rifle.

kleinbl00  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Apparently it was a mostly-complete DS Arms, it was a while back, and it was closer to a grand all-in.

Roommate just finished tweaking out his Springfield M1A.

Brand new bits he's about $2k into it, not including the scope.

johnnyFive  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I've considered the M1A, but they're overpriced for what you get IMO. I don't think they're necessarily accurate or reliable enough for what you get.

Currently the front-runner is the PTR 91, which is a U.S.-made clone of the G3.

kleinbl00  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've always enjoyed the handling on the SAR-48. Granted, the last time I shot one they were still being imported.

Cleanest, sharpest rifle I've ever shot was actually a 30.06 Springfield.

johnnyFive  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Huh, wasn't familiar with that one.

And yeah, an M1903 is on my list, but they're fairly expensive if they're in decent shape. That and .30-06 has gone through the roof.

kleinbl00  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What hasn't?

I went out to Stockpile Defense with a buddy who literally bought them out of 5.56. For what we paid (there was a limit per customer; we all had to chip in) we could have bought an equal number of rounds of .50 BMG.

What's been interesting to me is watching the price delta between, say, bullshit 5.56 and Weatherby. The idea of spending $4 a round to shoot at something was batshit insane back when you could get 1400 rounds of 7.62 Russian for $39. Now? Now 5.56 is a buck a round and .460 Weatherby is a mere $8.

johnnyFive  ·  2964 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Now 5.56 is a buck a round

Not online. I just picked up some remanufactured stuff for $0.31/round. Here is 1,000 rounds of Wolf Gold (their all-brass stuff) for the same price. Never had a malfunction from either.