Having fired quite a few weapons that used that caliber of round, (from the C-1 infantry assault rifle, and the C-2 LMG and C-6 through to mini, all I can say is I want one. I can finally do something about those squirrels in the back yard.
>Here's an example. > >There are a number of people (regular civilians like you and me) who have >crafted "Quad Minis," which is a rig that mounts four six-barreled miniguns >on frame that is in turn mounted on a gimbal, so that it can swivel and >rotate, and you can point it anywhere. > >Each of the four miniguns fires 7.62 x 51 ammunition (much more powerful >than what the M16 fires) at the rate of -- and this is *NOT* a typo -- 6,000 >rounds per minute (the typical machine gun fires at a rate of less than a >tenth of that). That gives the rig an effective rate of 24,000 rounds per >minute. These guns are very accurate, and each is trained on the exact same >spot. Using it, you can literally cut through a car in about three or four >seconds. > >Should anyone be able to own one of these? You bet. Here's why. > >First, the cost. These civilian-transferrable guns alone sell on the open >market (legally, with proper papers) for between $50K and $300K each, so >between $200K and $1.2M for the rig. No shit. > >Then the ammo. Let's just say you want to fire a couple of quick bursts >that amount to a total of, say, about twenty seconds of fire. That's 8,000 >rounds, which costs between $2,500 and $4,000 if you are loading your own >from components, or more than $8,000 -- a buck a round -- if you're firing >new factory ammo. > >Now consider the legal vetting that was done on the owner before he could >even *think* of touching that weapon: local check and sponsoring signature >of the top leader of the law enforcement organization of the owner's >municipality, state bureau of investigation background check, federal bureau >of investigation background check, and a full INTERPOL check. Then the BATF >checks their own records just to make absolutely sure. > >Now ask yourself: in what crime do you ever, ever see this person using this >weapon? > >Respectfully, > >Adam Phillip Churvis >President >Productivity Enhancement > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
