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Old May 12, 2009, 05:50 PM   #20
Yellowfin
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The problem with labelling full auto as "dangerous AND unusual" is that it didn't get much of a chance to get to be usual. It only existed in the common civilian market on an uninterrupted basis for a short time and was expensive then and at a really inconvenient time for things to be expensive. Semi autos were just barely coming into the market and full auto was just barely making its appearance in individual firearm design. The NFA tax continued to be prohibitively expensive, as intended, so from the 30's to the 60's full auto was effectively regulated out of existence--thus "unusual" can't be determined on a fair basis. Then with the GCA of '68 the pool shrank even further so there was less to choose from, further limiting choice. The Ar15 platform was considered too exotic by many and with the early Vietnam problems didn't have a good reputation; it wasn't anything near as popular as it is today around the time the '86 ban came around...which then capped off the number of select fire guns available to all of us and raised the price out of reach.

Applying the "unusual" test to full auto is circular reasoning.
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