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Hardcase · November 18, 2011, 09:56 AM

My use of machine guns has been limited to M14s, M60s and M2A1s. We didn't have any M16s on my ship back in the late 80s and early 90s.

We had two select fire and two semi-auto M14s. The three round bursts from the M14s were controllable, but in full-auto, it was almost impossible to keep the gun even remotely on target. Of course, it's also a 7.62mm round, not a .223.

Because of its lack of accuracy, it would be a horrible civilian self defense weapon because it wasn't designed for self defense. I think that the same could be said for any other automatic weapon.

But self defense isn't the only reason that we own guns. So that's why I support the legal ownership of them by civilians.

November 18, 2011, 09:56 AM	#14
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	My use of machine guns has been limited to M14s, M60s and M2A1s. We didn't have any M16s on my ship back in the late 80s and early 90s. We had two select fire and two semi-auto M14s. The three round bursts from the M14s were controllable, but in full-auto, it was almost impossible to keep the gun even remotely on target. Of course, it's also a 7.62mm round, not a .223. Because of its lack of accuracy, it would be a horrible civilian self defense weapon because it wasn't designed for self defense. I think that the same could be said for any other automatic weapon. But self defense isn't the only reason that we own guns. So that's why I support the legal ownership of them by civilians. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae