BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Most gun owners can not "feed" the guns that they have. you go full auto, say at 850 rounds per minute, and the expense goes right thru the roof. Back when you could get .50 cal rounds for a dollar, few had the money to burn as that gun would have cost over $900 per minute to shoot. Even when you could have bought .223 or .308 at 15 cents per round, it was expensive to shoot full auto. Full auto is a rich man's hobby.
As for suppressors or short barreled guns, that is a different story. Many would buy them if they were class II weapons rather than class III (NFA). But again one could have, until recently, bought most long guns very inexpensively thus small demand for the NFA guns.
And how many gun owners main focus is hunting? There is some demand for short barreled weapons and suppressors but most are satisfied with what is available.
I'd still like to see a source on your 1% claim.
For reference, I started a poll just to see what INGO'ers would say to the prospect of fully auto with no price or paperwork penalty. As of this post, over 90% have said they would be interested in full auto with those facts.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...ully_automatic_if_the_price_was_the_same.html