Here's the new laser gun coming soon.

[newdayneeded]

It's a hand held weapon, it has a laser beam spreader field that with one pull of the trigger can take down half of a 2 story building, and everybody in it. Tests have shown the weapon can level full city blocks with the rapid fire option.

Of course this weapon isn't around....yet. But if this 2nd amendment thing isn't solved in 50 to 70 years, this weapon will indeed be in the hands of millions of nut job citizens.

This is the type of forward thinking that should've been used years ago when ar15 type guns hit the military, the realization of these guns in the hands in hands of non military people!

[Duppers]

1. K & R

This is as shocking and public access to this weapon would be like distributing sticks of dynamite.

[sop]

2. The NFA (National Firearms Act) enacted in 1934 regulated machine guns and silencers because

Congress found these firearms created a significant crime problem, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Bill Clinton banned AR-15s for similar reasons. Our current Congress won't take action.

[AndyS]

3. Not far from the actual truth!

The Pentagon let an RFQ for the next infantry rifle. They have made a purchase and although it won't be available to the military for about 3 years the civilian version is available now! The cost is about $8000 but that will drop to under $1000 when it gets into full production. After all the military will only buy about a million at most and the civilian market is 10x that. Perhaps we should think about that . . .

The new rifle will fire a 6.8mm round instead of 5.56 and fire it at almost the same muzzle velocity and rate of fire. So 4x the mass of the current AR-15 at the same speed. All that and I've got $100 to your favorite charity that within a year the aftermarket will have a 'kit' to convert it to full auto.

What the fuck is wrong with us?

[doc03]

4. I read that the military favors the 6.8mm because

it is more effective against body armor for one thing.

[AndyS]

5. Yes, that was one criteria. The other issue with the 5.56

is that after 100 meters it tends to deflect easily. Without the very high muzzle velocity the inertia just isn't there. Notably it would bounce off car windshields unless the window was at a 90 degree angle to trajectory. Excellent close in combat round in that it carries little recoil and the light weight lets the soldier carry more rounds. That's what it is designed for, jungle fighting where you can't see past 30 yards and door to door. That's why mass shooters like it so much.

Warfare changes and weaponry changes with it. Civilians adapt too . . .

[sop]

6. Civilian AR-10s have been widely available for some time, chambered mostly for .308 or 7.62

NATO (7.62x51), and larger hunting calibers. They cost a few hundred dollars more than AR-15s. Cheaper AK-47s chambered for 7.62x39 have been available for years. According to the Army's tests, the 6.8 mm round "outperforms the 5.56 mm on distance, accuracy and energy for lethal effects on target." Our future mass muderers will be very well-equipped.

[misanthrope]

7. That's a log of energy for a handheld device

How would it be generated?

[newdayneeded]

8. Lol

With a nano power source that will be in 48 years.

I think you know I'm making a hypothetical point here, right?