The Pistol That Looks Like A Rifle: The Dayton Shooter's Gun

[Recursion]

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/08/748665339/the-pistol-that-looks-like-a-rifle-the-dayton-shooters-gun

Please, please, please can we stop being stupid about gun control?

The gun that was used on Sunday to kill nine people and wound more than a dozen others in Dayton, Ohio, inflicted that damage within just 30 seconds. But while the weapon might look like a rifle to many people, it's technically classified as a pistol under federal law.

The AR-15-style pistol used in Dayton is capable of pouring a stream of high-velocity bullets, thanks to its huge ammunition magazine. Before it was turned against civilians, the gun was built from easily obtained components — leading to questions about America's gun laws and a gray area that exists between traditional categories such as rifles and pistols.

"You're talking, really, a weapon of mass destruction that you're giving over the counter to anybody," said Joseph Vince, a former special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who now works as a gun crime consultant.

Under U.S. law, the only part of a gun that's technically considered a firearm — and must be shipped to a licensed firearms dealer — is the lower receiver. That's the shell-like piece that houses the trigger and bears the maker's serial number. Everything else, from the barrel to the firing mechanism, can be easily bought directly — online or in a store.

Ban semi-automatics, or don't. Make a decision. If you decide yes, I'm with you. But stop fucking around with the marginalia of what semi-automatics can look like.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Nobody needs a gun, if Playstation or Xbox caused mass shootings, we would outlaw them

We wont fix this problem until people grow up, turn their guns in, and act like adults.

[guillaumeb]

2. But how will they defend themeslves from a tyrannical government?

In my view, many of them are truly delusional.