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Where do you even buy those pre-86 full autos? Asking for a friend.
You won’t be able to acquire one if you live in CA, NFA items are de facto banned for ordinary citizens.
Not true
In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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It's simple. ~~The Assault Weapons Ban only applied to new guns.~~ ATF policy change, not AWB. Existing guns were grandfathered in. Guns have many interchangeable parts. The part of the gun that the government considers to be the "legal definition" is a part called the lower receiver. You can change almost anything about a gun as long as you keep the lower receiver and comply with any other laws. So if you buy an old…
The automatic weapons ban (specifically the 1986 Machine Gun Act) is distinct from the Assault Weapons Ban. The Assault Weapons Ban was in the 1990s and banned the sale of semi-automatic guns with certain shapes of grip, bayonet lugs, and other features. It did not ban anything based on magazine capacity, as is often stated. It expired in the 2000s since it had a sunset provision that made it last 10 years if not ren…
It did not ban anything based on magazine capacity, as is often stated.
You are right, it was mostly a ban based on superficial features like the much feared bayonet mount. But there were two bans based on magazine capacity.
It did ban magazines with more than 10 round capacity. It also banned semi-automatic shotguns with more than 5 round fixed magazine or a detachable magazine when in combination with folding stock or pistol grip.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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Wait wat? These are legal somehow in USA? Can you please trace how and prove it with links?
It's simple. ~~The Assault Weapons Ban only applied to new guns.~~ ATF policy change, not AWB. Existing guns were grandfathered in. Guns have many interchangeable parts. The part of the gun that the government considers to be the "legal definition" is a part called the lower receiver. You can change almost anything about a gun as long as you keep the lower receiver and comply with any other laws. So if you buy an old…
Restrictions on SBRs never made sense anyway: it was a hold-over from the NFA back when they wanted to include pistols as well, but ultimately ripped that out of the legislation.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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It's not just bank robbery. Every crime category is now much lower than it was in 1990, in every jurisdiction of the USA. Even if you take a city that people think is ridiculously dangerous, like Camden, New Jersey, the homicide rate was triple 25 years ago.
Not just in the US. Also in Europe and most of the developed world. Violence peaked in 80's - 90s and then started to decrease dramatically. Lead–crime connection is the strongest explanation. Past lead exposure functions as a predictor for criminal activity. Crime starts to drop in every country after the use of leaded gasoline is forbidden. New evidence that lead exposure increases crime https://www.brookings.edu/b…
Another possibility, discussed at depth in Freakonomics, is that reducing unwanted children reduced crime rates. There is some controversy about this, but it may be one of the factors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_e...
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
#105Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not just bank robbery. Every crime category is now much lower than it was in 1990, in every jurisdiction of the USA. Even if you take a city that people think is ridiculously dangerous, like Camden, New Jersey, the homicide rate was triple 25 years ago.
Unfortunately, this talking point (one I’ve put to good use over the last 20 years) is on shakier ground recently. Crime rates have have been rising for several years now in many U.S. cities and in some cases they’ve eclipsed the 90s highs. https://www.officer.com/command-hq/technology/computers-soft...
St. Louis is an interesting case because while their homicide rate (not overall violent crime, which is still way down, like every other city) approaches record highs, their homicide clearance rate has never been worse. The St. Louis cops are just historically bad at their job, which might not generalize to a trend.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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You won’t be able to acquire one if you live in CA, NFA items are de facto banned for ordinary citizens.
Not true
Technically legal, but effectively impossible for an average person to get the permit approved from the state. You'd have to be the head of Apple security or something like that.
https://oag.ca.gov/sites/all/files/agweb/pdfs/firearms/forms...
"De facto banned" for an ordinary citizen is an accurate way to describe it.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
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Not just in the US. Also in Europe and most of the developed world. Violence peaked in 80's - 90s and then started to decrease dramatically. Lead–crime connection is the strongest explanation. Past lead exposure functions as a predictor for criminal activity. Crime starts to drop in every country after the use of leaded gasoline is forbidden. New evidence that lead exposure increases crime https://www.brookings.edu/b…
Another possibility, discussed at depth in Freakonomics , is that reducing unwanted children reduced crime rates. There is some controversy about this, but it may be one of the factors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_e...
Yeah, but given choice, I will go for scientific explanation and for what sociologists say then for pop book that was not even peer reviewed.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Unfortunately, this talking point (one I’ve put to good use over the last 20 years) is on shakier ground recently. Crime rates have have been rising for several years now in many U.S. cities and in some cases they’ve eclipsed the 90s highs. https://www.officer.com/command-hq/technology/computers-soft...
St. Louis is an interesting case because while their homicide rate (not overall violent crime, which is still way down, like every other city) approaches record highs, their homicide clearance rate has never been worse. The St. Louis cops are just historically bad at their job, which might not generalize to a trend.
Bad as they may be, an explanation that focuses on the ineptitude of the SLMPD doesn’t cut it. Homicide rates are way up all over the country.
https://www.vox.com/2020/8/3/21334149/murders-crime-shooting...
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not just in the US. Also in Europe and most of the developed world. Violence peaked in 80's - 90s and then started to decrease dramatically. Lead–crime connection is the strongest explanation. Past lead exposure functions as a predictor for criminal activity. Crime starts to drop in every country after the use of leaded gasoline is forbidden. New evidence that lead exposure increases crime https://www.brookings.edu/b…
While the lead theory may indeed be true, one other thing has changed in almost all areas of the world. Birth rates. And with declining birth rates, comes a decline in the number of youth, meaning "more of the population" is of an older age. Men are typically at their most aggressive when young adults, and those which have started families, have a different perspective on life. Note: not saying the above is the cause…
Young people are less violent, less likely to get pregnant as teens, drink less and take less illegal drugs then they use to - all per capita.
Re: In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)
#110Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not just bank robbery. Every crime category is now much lower than it was in 1990, in every jurisdiction of the USA. Even if you take a city that people think is ridiculously dangerous, like Camden, New Jersey, the homicide rate was triple 25 years ago.
I keep hearing that crime in rural areas has been going up and that now even cake wrangling is a problem liked in old wild west movies. Your general point that on a lawyer scale we are safer than ever stands Best source short googling could find: https://www.wsj.com/articles/nothing-but-you-and-the-cows-an...
What's cake wrangling?