Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
I can't afford the ammunition or the JP5 the tank runs on. Don't they get 2 gallons to the mile?

I feel the same way about automatic weapons. I don't want one, because I can't afford the ammunition. If the GOV did away with the dumb full auto restrictions, I still would only shoot one round at a time.

Here is another oddity or idiosyncrasy in government regulation. With all of the other noise abatement requirements for motorcycles, cars, airplanes, etc... Why doesn't the government want us all to have suppressors on our rifles? How many ranges have to deal with never ending neighborhood complaints about the noise. If it was easier to obtain and utilize suppressors, some manufacturers might even begin including them as part of a package deal or making models with integrated barrel/suppressors. Think of all the health issues related to hearing loss that would benefit from the voluntary use of easily obtained suppressors.

Maybe we can convince some progressive legislator that suppressors be taken off the NFA, for the good of the children
I think your suggestion has significant merit. Repeal of the restriction on suppressors *is* a health issue, and one that is recognized in some European countries where suppressors may be purchased OTC. It also has merit as a counterweight to many of the new restrictions now being pursued.

It was not too long ago that I posted a question about suppressor legislation in GD that was later moved to NFA. In it, I bared my ignorance of the origins of the restrictions on suppressors and learned a LOT about the legislative history. That thread may be found here --> http://www.ar-15.co/threads/84059-Qu...or-Legislation. Perhaps others will learn something as I did. For example:

* Whereas I thought the restriction of suppressors was due to anticipated use as an assassin's weapon, it was also because of their use by poachers.
* Teufelhund made the following suggestion:
Quote Originally Posted by Teufelhund View Post
Instead of holding our ground and not letting them take anything else, we should start the conversation at the repeal of all past infringement.
* asmatao was a fount of information with references to the context surrounding some of the passage of past gun control laws.
* It motivated me to research a summary of the major federal gun legislation that's been passed since 1900 and posting it in post # 25 of that thread.

Returning to your point about suppressors, it seems to me those restrictions need to be seriously re-evaluated. Now is as good a time as any. I'll be looking into what I, and others, can do to get this on the radar screen of those who can advance the idea.