Proposed law would require gun makers to make firearms switch-proof [More]
In other words, ban most existing semiautos. Then on to the next grab.
With an Only Ones standing army exemption, of course… not to mention Chi-Town gangs.
This is one area where “in common use” will work in our favor, but the proponents know that. They’re just in-your-face harassing and know that if they do pass this abomination, the state has unlimited tax plunder to dip into, whereas gun groups will have to once more go to shallow pocket donors for legal costs.
“They are already manufacturing guns you can’t convert”…?
This is exactly what the treasonous bastards tried to do with “smart guns” in New Jersey.
You don’t hate Illinois Nazis enough.
[Via bondmen]
Someone else said it, but it bears repeating here. “You can’t trust any government that doesn’t trust you to own a gun.”
‘ Celina says an overwhelming majority of gun manufacturers have already made changes.
“They are already manufacturing guns you can’t convert,” Celina said. ‘
Liars, idiots or maybe a bit of both? The switches are called “Glock switches” because only Glock made pistols or clones thereof have the ability to readily accept a conversion device. The “overwhelming majority of gun manufacturers” have not lifted a finger to make changes because their guns do not need them and never have.
“Shoulder thing that goes up” strikes again!
I’d like to know which manufacturers Celina thinks are making guns that “can’t be converted.”
Glock let themselves get brow-beaten into redesigning their pistols so that “Glock switches” could not longer convert them to full-auto. IIRC, when the redesigned pistols were released into the wild, a redesigned switch that converts the “new, non-convertible” guns to full-auto was released within about 24 hours.
The reason “Glock switches” are so prolific and switches for other manufacturers are not is not a question of design or engineering, but of market share.
To explain using another context: For a VERY long time it was a popular belief that Apple computers (Macs) were immune to computer viruses, while Windows machines got them all the time. The reality was, Windows computers made over 90% of the market and Windows servers were close to 60% and rapidly growing (the rest were mostly Unix- or Linux-based; Apple servers were pretty much non-existent). If you’re into creating computer viruses, you develop where you get the most bang for your buck. Why go to the trouble of writing a malware which works on only 10% of the consumer market and 0% of the business market (which, let’s face it, is where the really valuable data is), when you could spend the same time writing one that affects 90%/60+%? Targeting Macs was possible, just not worth the effort.
Similar for Glocks; they are EXTREMELY common, and aftermarket extended magazines for them are also very common. It’s not that a full-auto switch CAN’T be designed for a Springfield, SIG Sauer, or CZ pistol; it’s that it’s not really worth the effort when Glock switches already exist and Glock pistols are EVERYWHERE.