bobbo
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There's going to be four groups of people against this:
1) Anti-gunners. They have lots and lots of money (but then again, so does the NRA, and the Brady Bunch doesn't run the House anymore). You won't persuade them.
2) Regular people who don't like the idea of machine guns in private hands, but who might be in favor of hunting or SD firearms. Why would they be afraid? Think of it this way: More machine guns in private hands means there's more for criminals to steal. You probably won't persuade them.
3) Casual gun owners who don't want machine guns or don't really care. You MIGHT be able to persuade them. I'm in this group. I really don't care one way or the other, but a bunch of idiots hunting with full-auto during deer season doesn't sound like a fun day in the woods to me. More bullets means the higher the probability of injury or death (check Army reports on bullets fired to casualty ratios from WWII)
4) People who've invested in machine guns and don't want to lose their money. You won't persuade them. Money has that effect.
The first two and the last will derail this effort.
Unlike some here, I won't bash you for that comment. You invested in something you care about. It's just economics, and if something came along and wiped out your savings, you wouldn't support such a measure, would you? Everyone saying this person should give up his money just so they can get a full-auto gun cheaper is, well, slightly on the socialist side... don't you think?
1) Anti-gunners. They have lots and lots of money (but then again, so does the NRA, and the Brady Bunch doesn't run the House anymore). You won't persuade them.
2) Regular people who don't like the idea of machine guns in private hands, but who might be in favor of hunting or SD firearms. Why would they be afraid? Think of it this way: More machine guns in private hands means there's more for criminals to steal. You probably won't persuade them.
3) Casual gun owners who don't want machine guns or don't really care. You MIGHT be able to persuade them. I'm in this group. I really don't care one way or the other, but a bunch of idiots hunting with full-auto during deer season doesn't sound like a fun day in the woods to me. More bullets means the higher the probability of injury or death (check Army reports on bullets fired to casualty ratios from WWII)
4) People who've invested in machine guns and don't want to lose their money. You won't persuade them. Money has that effect.
The first two and the last will derail this effort.
However my machine guns have become my 401k.
Unlike some here, I won't bash you for that comment. You invested in something you care about. It's just economics, and if something came along and wiped out your savings, you wouldn't support such a measure, would you? Everyone saying this person should give up his money just so they can get a full-auto gun cheaper is, well, slightly on the socialist side... don't you think?