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Question of the Day: 43 Machine Guns. Pick Three!

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In the video below, Washington County Machine Guns of Southwest Pennsylvania fire its entire inventory of 43 rental machine guns and pistols. Which begs the question: if you could have one, which one? Which is a stupid question, really. So the real question is: if you could have any three, which three? For me it’s the Thompson (Warren Zevon fan here), the H&K MP5-N and M16. Wait! Swap the H&K for the SCAR-17! No make that the BAR 30-06. I’m so confused! And 2A deprived. Oh well. Someday?

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Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns.

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  1. M240G (Because nothing says, “no revolution for you” like a belt fed .30 caliber MG.)
    any HK auto-sear (I can adapt it to several rifles I own)
    A full-auto (not burst) M4 lower. (Again, can be adapted to many rifles I own.)

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    • About as reliable as TTAG in producing non-click bait content anymore.

      That said that Kriss SMG @ 1:27 was pretty bad ass, check that rate of fire. I wonder if anyone’s thought about making a binary trigger/bump stock to see if they could get close to that ROF.

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    • from that list:
      M-16 (not the stupid burst mode) since I can run that lower on multiple calibers.
      AK-47 cause ammo is easily available and not horrible on the wallet and the guns hold up.
      G-18 cause who wouldn’t want a hand held squirt gun with 33 round mags!

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  2. M2 Carbine (850 RPM of .357 Mag-equivalent? Can I get an AMEN?!)
    M1918 BAR (hog hunting, of course)
    M1919 (to teach my daughter the values of teamwork)

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  3. Looks good I think they should have dedicated these rifles to the owner of Noveske and put an inscription on the rifle with his birth date and death date as an honoring moment. That would have been a nice touch. Maybe a limited production line with certain serial numbers. Other than that just looks like another AR-15.

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  4. So does this mean they are going to band rubberbands? I can take a rubber band that is 1/4 inch wide and accomplish exactly what a bump fire stock does. Wake up people !!!!

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  5. For the 12,000th time, the gun community is to the right, what the african american’s are to the left.

    We exist to be taken advantage of as they feel we have no where else to go.

    In our case, they’re mostly right. Jury’s out on the african americans.

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  6. I think it would make a decent host for a Get Home bag, but at $500, I’ll stick with hard armor that doesn’t need to be replaced every 5 years.

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  7. I didn’t buy any Rutgers until Bill was gone or S&W’s until they changed hands and I won’t be buying from RRA or SA.
    I could less if anyone writes about them I just don’t read it.

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  8. There are those who argue that the Second Amendment to the Constitution was made for a “day and age” that is long gone and that it should only apply to firearms “of the day”–muskets and black-powder firearms–no semi-automatic or modern-day cartridge firearms..
    Taking this insane argument logically to the First Amendment, the same (il)logic would not cover modern offset presses, typewriters, television, radio or the internet, public-address systems and the like… First Amendment “protections” would only apply to town criers and flat printing presses, the like of which were in use in Benjamin Franklin’s day…
    It is curious to note that the Second Amendment is of the only God-given “right” that is constantly under attack, with restrictions of time, place, type of weapons, and permissions needed in order to exercise this “right”.
    Second Amendment supporters (actually “guardians”) are the only group of people who are vilified for (attempting to) exercise a “God-given right.
    The most strident attackers of the Second Amendment are most often total “protectors” of the First Amendment and that present-day abomination, abortion.
    We are constantly being reminded “not to judge all moslems by the actions of a few”…shouldn’t the same consideration be given to Second Amendment supporters??

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  9. Surprise. I predicted at the time would learn the AirFarce had not been reporting any of their scumbags. Even after taking all steps possible to not eliminating those pesky felony charges/convictions.

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