theyoyomaster@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAre forced-reset triggers illegal machine guns? ATF and gun rights advocates at odds in court fightsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down17
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minus-squareAstroturfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 year agoYa, it just does functionally the exact same thing. Totally different and logical to allow it.
minus-squaretheyoyomaster@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoAny modern gun can functionally do the exact same thing with a beltloop, stick or just your finger. The difference is that a machine gun is actually a specific and different function from this that does it automatically for you.
minus-squareCmdrShepard@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSo kinda like the same distinction between semi-auto and full-auto? One just does things for you automatically?
Ya, it just does functionally the exact same thing. Totally different and logical to allow it.
Any modern gun can functionally do the exact same thing with a beltloop, stick or just your finger. The difference is that a machine gun is actually a specific and different function from this that does it automatically for you.
So kinda like the same distinction between semi-auto and full-auto? One just does things for you automatically?