MicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoMan in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gunwww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down11
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkMan in custody after Trump golf club incident was once convicted of possessing a machine gunwww.nbcnews.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·12 days ago Hey, come on, who HASN’T owned a machine gun at this point. Most of us have.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoAlso https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/01/04/coat-hanger-machine-gun-dias-drop-in-auto-sear/
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoI feel like you missed the point of that opinion. A shoestring by itself is not a machine gun. Wearing a shoestring while shooting a semi automatic rifle is not a machine gun.
minus-squareseathru@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 days agoPurposely to make a joke. Intent is the important factor in most gun laws.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoOh thank god. I recall constantly being downvoted on reddit for pointing that out.
Most of us have.
Also https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/01/04/coat-hanger-machine-gun-dias-drop-in-auto-sear/
I feel like you missed the point of that opinion. A shoestring by itself is not a machine gun. Wearing a shoestring while shooting a semi automatic rifle is not a machine gun.
Purposely to make a joke. Intent is the important factor in most gun laws.
Oh thank god. I recall constantly being downvoted on reddit for pointing that out.