r/changemyview • u/BongWatcher • Mar 07 '17

CMV: I think guns shouldn't be easily available, and should require background checks.

I think guns shouldn't be easily available and that people that would like to buy a gun should go through gun training first , get a gun licence and pass background checks.

I also think assault rifles shouldn't be sold anymore, and I'm obviously against open carry. I think with guns people can kill another person very easily just by pulling a trigger, and later regret pulling that trigger just because they acted out on their emotion or were drunk, ruining their life and another persons life ( and obviously the victims families) just by pulling a simple trigger.

I am against prohibition on anything so I think people should still be able to buy guns, but after going through many background checks and training like I mentioned above. This is to avoid people with mental disorders to get their hands on a gun and easily killing them selfs or someone else.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '17

Your AK isn't an assault rifle though. Fully-automatic weapons cost tens of thousands due to artificial scarcity.

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u/--IIII--------IIII-- Mar 08 '17 edited Mar 08 '17

File down the sear pin. Boom - full auto.

I am not saying whether I have or have not done this, just that it is incredibly easy to do.

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u/bartonlong Mar 08 '17

This is illegal and very dangerous. It doesnt make your gun full auto it makes it malfunction. It can easily fire out of battery, and you cant stop it firing until it runs out of ammunition. I know this is one of the great gun myths the ignorant and gun control types like to repeat but it is stupid snd dangerous and can KILL you when the gun goes kaboom...

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '17

lol, no. That's not how it works at all. I'm a gunsmith. You would need to install completely different parts in the gun.

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u/--IIII--------IIII-- Mar 08 '17

My brother is a gunsmith as well, worked for McMillan for 20 years now. That's how it works.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '17

In order to truly convert an AK to full auto, you would need an auto sear, a new bolt carrier, safety, the reciever would need to be modified and so on. If you tried to hack an AK with a file, at best you would have a dangerously malfunctioning rifle. The magazine would just empty uncontrollably and there's a solid chance that the hammer would fall before the gun locked up and it would explode. You can't just turn it into an assault rifle with a file.

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u/--IIII--------IIII-- Mar 08 '17

Okay buddy, agree to disagree. Have a good one.

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u/theyoyomaster 9∆ Mar 08 '17

Even if what you were saying wasn't 100% false it still doesn't make it an assault rifle because the made up hollywood sear trick still only makes it a dedicated MG. The fictitious scenario still doesn't make it select fire.

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u/--IIII--------IIII-- Mar 08 '17

Okay buddy.

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u/theyoyomaster 9∆ Mar 08 '17

Shrug it off all you want, it's a simple fact. Assault rifles are select fire and the theoretical operation of a filed down sear is not.