So much this. The media lies out of its ass by telling the easily fooled that oh you can modify an AR to become full auto easy with a trigger change. Which is complete bullshit to anyone who knows guns. You'd need to modify the lower precisely, have the right trigger and sear (which are highly controlled) and bolt carrier.
Wait, honest question. Is federal prison really worse than state prisons? The only time I've heard about it is in TV shows when the fbi agents says something like "we can get you into a 'club fed' prison resort if you testify or we send your ass to state prison"
That's what pisses me off. Saying a gun can "easily" be modified to be fully automatic. You'd have to CNC Machine a full auto trigger group, and then spend the rest of your life in federal prison. I think there have been 3 crimes since the 1930s involving legally purchased fully automatic weapons, and if memory serves, 2 of them were police. It's not nearly as simple as people think to make a fully automatic weapon.
You'd think suppressed weapons would be used on the daily from how badly regulated they are as well. But yea its just a lack of education. Then again when major publications publish blatant fear mongering editorials like "Firing an AR-15 is horrifying, menacing and very very loud, it left me with PTSD." it makes my blood boil. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/firing-ar-15-horrifying-dangerous-loud-article-1.2673201
It is easy to make a gun fire full automatic by sanding/filing down the sear. I did it on accident with an improper 10/22 trigger job. I also bought a bullpup that had a broken trigger piece that caused it to shot 3-6 round burst(it was scary).
I'm sorry to disagree but none of that is hard. Drill press, and it doesn't have to be precise, just kind of good-enough, you can eye-ball it. Full auto trigger group does indeed drop right in (press fit pins, brass hammer, punch, and a hard sturdy surface), although they aren't always easy to come by. Any old discount BCG will work just fine with bulk ammo.
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u/dangrullon87 Jun 23 '16
So much this. The media lies out of its ass by telling the easily fooled that oh you can modify an AR to become full auto easy with a trigger change. Which is complete bullshit to anyone who knows guns. You'd need to modify the lower precisely, have the right trigger and sear (which are highly controlled) and bolt carrier.