Gun Control That Actually Works

[gejohnston]

2. How does it define "works"?

The only reason short barreled shotguns and short barreled rifles are NFA is because the original version of the bill included handguns. The handgun part was removed from the bill. In most countries, what we define as an SBR or SBSs are regulated the same as regular long guns. In fact, SBSs are regulated less in Canada than they are here.

Silencers was more of an anti poaching measure than crime. They aren't used in crime and if you were to, they work the same as a car muffler. That is why it is illegal to possess a firearm and a two liter soda bottle in Australian states. If you are going to the range or hunting in Australia, you can't have a two liter soda bottle in your possession. In neighboring New Zealand, you order them online or your LGS for a couple of hundred bucks.

Machine guns are used in crimes now about as much as they were then. New machine gun registrations have been banned since 1986. Pre NFA private machine gun sales were almost nonexistent outside of security companies like Brinks. There were two reasons for it. One is that they were very expensive and not useful for more much beyond range toys for rich people. Granted, the mob had a few. The roving gangs of bank robbers for a short time in the 1930s usually stole theirs from national guard armories and police armories. The one Dillinger used was stolen from the police department that he busted out of in Ohio. The FBI returned it to the county a few years ago.