Originally Posted by crockett

Full auto machine guns are highly regulated in the US as are things like silencers. It's very rare that people are arrested for illegally owning them.

I've never heard of any mass shootings or popular reported gun crimes in the US where either of these two were used. In fact the only time I can even think of a gun fight in the US where illegal full auto guns were used, was the Waco raid and the infamous California bank robbery that turned into a major fire fight on the streets of north Hollywood, back in the 90's.

Ironically the 2 guys in the Cali case used registered and legally owned automatic rifles. I'm also not even 100% sure that it was ever proven the people in Waco used full auto..

Regardless that's 2 cases and I've yet to dig up a single other reported crime that took place using a legal or illegal full auto gun.

This if nothing else shows that strict regulation on specific gun types DOES work. Meaning if assault rifles were highly regulated same with high cap mags for rifles & pistols, it would help curb their usage in crimes.

Common sense on the other hand, need not apply to the gun debate when you are dealing with the right wing.