This Is the World’s Smallest Machine Gun, and It’s Suddenly Everywhere

[@VICENews]

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[@miketyson8933]

A Binary trigger is legal and it fires when you pull the trigger and when you let go of the trigger it goes off.

[@89five3five]

I can’t believe gun manufacturers would make weapons that are easily modified to automatics.

[@exnihilo452]

Philosophically what is the issue here? i mean prior to 1986 you could go in any gun shop and by a fully auto mac 10 right next to a semi auto glock 19, all with the same background check and similar in price and there were really not a big problem. now ignoring what an "SOT" allows you to make today that is and heavily restricted and regulated with what you can do with it, we, the people, are now stuck with 1980's technology. and the agent in this video even admits it was rare for them to come across legitimate machine gun. this clearly shows machine guns are not a big issue and have never been... until they put a probation on them. and still they are not some big percentage of gun violence and seemingly to have some issues with the constitution. i agree its just stupid to let people run around with any gun without some sort of basic training like what you get in a conceal carry class, at the very least, but i have no issues with machine guns floating around like the legal ones that float around now (i don't think most people realize how many legal machine guns are in circulation today), or the SOT's creations, i don't see the gun or machine gun's, when you look at the stats and not the headlines to be objective as one can be, being some big or new issue, i guess. it's an old issue that the government just seemingly took the wrong approach to as per usual.

[@thebaldpizzaman6319]

I can’t believe a criminal would break the law, I’m actually shaking and crying rn

[@214_Angelo]

what💀people break the law ever day

[@Broodjemetbeleg]

@@214_Angelo sarcasm my friend

[@davidbombo66]

@@214_Angelo found the minority

[@brisketsnbourbons9198]

Agreed. What's the point in making any laws. Criminals will just break them anyway. Makes it harder for normal people to live. #anarchy

[@justinvelasquez5417]

Hahahahaha riiiight

[@jasondrummond9451]

As a recruit in the Canadian Forces in the 70's - our instructors taught us how to use a folded matchbook to convert the FN C1 to full auto.

[@sleepyboi7801]

For all who don't know, the C1 is basically a semi auto only canadian version of the FN FAL

[@TheGreekSneak]

Is this the same thing as a bump stock?

[@joshearhart6142]

@@TheGreekSneak no its actually a way to have full auto from the trigger, bump stock is just like a novelty....

[@TheGreekSneak]

@@joshearhart6142 thank you for clarification

[@jamesfry4720]

@@TheGreekSneak no.

[@cloudisunset]

After emptying the magazine he had to hold back. He wanted to say how cool it was.

[@quique7764]

That's cus it is in the proper context but the fact is they are now becoming almost as prevalent on the streets as hi-points. Even as a gun owner I truly believe we need more regulations including insurance to curb illegal firearms on the streets nvm these devices.

[@marklynch1305]

@@quique7764 no the answer isn’t more regulation that’s the last thing you want If they really want to do something they wouldn’t allow them to be sold online for along time you could buy them from wish and Alibaba. Also these are easy to make so what regulation would you suggest that wouldn’t wind up fucking the legal gun owner ?

[@quique7764]

@@marklynch1305 I'm sure legal gun owners will be just fine. The fact is there are too many irresponsible gun owners in the US which is how a lot of criminals get their hands on firearms, that & criminals can easily cross state lines buy firearms sans background checks & commit violent act w/ those firearms the very same day. And when you compare how other countries have managed to eliminate mass shooting & or shooting in general prove regulations when enacted on a national level do work. So I could rly care less about how much you fetishize firearms or daydream about single handedly taking back the country from a tyrannical gov. My concern is w/ the ppl & the kids who want to study w/o having to worry if a student who stole their parents firearm will walk into their school & kill them nvm all other ppl around this country who routinely get shot & killed all cus easier to access firearms than a well paying job.

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

@@quique7764 the vast majority of mass shooting events had perpetrators that bought their guns LEGALLY

[@rickylafleur9601]

@@SammyxSweetheart.02, for real. I think it’s bullshit how these are legal at all. And it’s lame how people are saying that it’s fine that these are in the civilian world. Once somebody has one then boom, 3D printing, building them, stealing them, and any other way you could think of, people probably have tried it to get their hands on them.

[@wildandliving]

Felon has a gun get a sentence... felon has a machine gun same sentence. Kind-of hard for a felon to really care at that point

[@jaredlu2200]

Cry about it,felons have a right to 2nd amendment

[@gareonconley1956]

@@jaredlu2200 the 2nd amendment doesn't include shooting each other up with homemade full auto machine guns wtf

[@meinenapkinen9167]

@@gareonconley1956 No it does not. What's your point?

[@gareonconley1956]

@@meinenapkinen9167 so you'd say the founding fathers, when writing the constitution were like: "yea let's create one right that makes full auto assault rifles out of a semi auto pistol" or what? These amendments were written when the only weapon when you needed to defend your home in rural wyoming or similar and it took like 12 seconds to reload. Is that connecting to your brain in any way shape or form?

[@DarthCody700]

@@gareonconley1956 I'm not taking a side, but the historical inaccuracies in your comment are painful.

[@PBOperator]

Auto Sears have been around since the maxim machine gun in the mid 1800s. That are not a new invention and it’s one of the simplest parts in a firearm. No complex geometry, just a piece that keeps the firing mechanism at the correct angle

[@TheSundayShooter]

Sear complexity varies, e.g. automatically reset burst ratchets vs. an open bolt with a static firing pin

[@PBOperator]

@@centeguahan3760 I don’t know much about auto Sears but I am concerned that a major news agency gives less information than I got from one google search

[@marklynch1305]

@@TheSundayShooter they aren’t using open bolt guns.

[@tonywilson4713]

The point isn't that they have been around for a while its how easy anyone can convert a Glock into a fully auto mini machine gun. Imagine when the next school shooting includes one of these.

[@PBOperator]

@@tonywilson4713 anyone has been able to turn a ruger mini 14 into a machine gun for the last 50 years. I don’t understand why they are emphasizing flocks and 3D printed Sears

[@MattPSU02]

A friend of mine served in Afghanistan and he confiscated a Glock auto sear from a guy during a house search. Those things are everywhere and it's hard to police them. The thing is that firing a pistol on full auto is ridiculously inaccurate and stupid.

[@joshuaagosto2699]

and every person should have one if they want one...

[@MattPSU02]

@@joshuaagosto2699 I am a 2A supporter, but an auto sear on a Glock style pistol is stupid and unsafe, and serves no logical purpose.

[@__NJ__]

Correct but at close to medium range combat is Sprays with bullets hense giving the bullets a wider horizontal and vertical range less of a way for the target to evade

[@MattPSU02]

@@__NJ__ you'd be better off with a shotgun at that point.

[@prfwrx2497]

It's a fun toy. But as a weapon, about as useful as a firecracker that happens to spit lead and shits out the whole 17 round mag in 1 second

[@John5.56]

That turn “assault rifles” into “machine guns”. Oh my

[@riversideangler120]

When he said that it made me cringe 😬

[@avilhelm1697]

Like saying you will make a sphere round.

[@Lukegrayart]

Isn't it the same thing

[@BigBoss-lm6cf]

With all those crazy shooters out there I can just imagine this devices on their hands.....

[@John5.56]

I guess as long as it’s not a fully semi automatic machine gun we’re going to be alright hahah. The fact that they act like this stupid little fun switch is making a handgun more scary or more effective is absolutely baffling.

[@jaydubs6354]

In other words… criminals are breaking the law to obtain prohibited items Truly shocking. Just wow this is omg who would’ve thought

[@YETICOPTER]

did you even watch the video? autosear use in crime has gone up dramatically in recent years. thats the point. not just that they're being used

[@hammychez9792]

@@YETICOPTER probably because it is extremely easy to make

[@vpaczkowski]

Economic inequality and high cost of living breeds criminality. The unwanted child is the most likely to engage in crime. The more guns available the more gun deaths.

[@GoErikTheRed]

@@hammychez9792 They've always been easy to make, so there has to be some other reason why their use has proliferated

[@jaydubs6354]

@@YETICOPTER lol like they said officers didn’t know what they were finding before. Has production gone up yes but have these been a thing for the past 30-40 years? Yep lol I could make these in my garage rn. I just don’t because obvious reasons I don’t want to be a felon haha

[@SumoNinja92]

You can't stop something that can be made with tools from Walmart or Harbor Freight. Human hubris of control.

[@TheSundayShooter]

Disregard unjust laws

[@TheSundayShooter]

@@homieant3964 If you criminalise abortion, then only criminals will have abortions

[@1b1rother]

@@homieant3964 I don't care about abortion either way, not my business not gonna try and impose my own way of life on other people

[@davidhouston6603]

@@1b1rother this is the mindset God wants. The Anti-Karen attitude!

[@lukealiciouss]

​@@homieant3964 yeah it right but the law doesn't determine its morality.

[@lauby2310]

I don’t care who you align with politically, you smile when you shoot a machine gun.

[@ghostface5348]

This is a leftist run anti 2A hipster libtard page

[@cum5681]

Commies , nazi , anarchist , freedom fighter , capitalist can all be united with gun ! We all love gun

[@dcuthbertson5778]

I’m a die hard Democrat who was in the Army… I grin like the Joker when I hear automatic gunfire. Lol. (I was a 60 gunner in our squad) 101st baby!

[@lucaslothbrook5388]

Hell yeah!!!! 🇺🇸 🇺🇲

[@chrisprimavera7607]

Until it is time to reload the magazines. I was once given an M4, a case of ammo, and told to not shoot anyone and don't bring any ammo back. It got old after about the 10th mag.

[@johndeaux3703]

I've seen Garands, M-14, M1 carbine, Mini 14/30 type rifles made to fire full auto with a shoe lace. Tie one end to the charging handle, loop it around the stock and then tie it to the trigger. There's a way to super glue a piece of wire to the bolt of a 10/22 to make it full auto.

[@holyearth]

The shoe lace is now illegal

[@skibididopyes-i6k]

BAN SUPaeR GLuE!!!!🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@RyanCoomer]

at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.

[@9sheri9]

You're doing the lord's work out there, Dr Ryan 🙃

[@mrlepercon]

You're a psychopath, 👏

[@Chilidacook707]

Comedy fr

[@ztuzar163]

Thank you for your service !

[@BlackSunRX2008]

You're supposed to sneak food out, not in

[@juicewrldunreleased9997]

I love how vice even explains how to make it

[@slavabtomat]

Yeah. I wonder when YT is going to ban the video, disable Vice News account and demonitize them. Hmmm... wonder how long I'll have to wait. 🤔

[@OFFWHITY]

Damn w pfp tho

[@Sleaque]

"these are so dangerous" "if you know how to the mechanism works, you can easily make one" Immediately shows how the mechanism works

[@Aaron-ft5nk]

These days you can always count on Vice to be absolute m0r0ns Focus on stupid things, ask questions that nobody wants to hear. Ah... journalism at it's finest.

[@MattWalters123]

@@Sleaque more then that they show a gif schematic of just what it should do at every stage of a round being fired

[@brianbytheocean]

this set the record for most rounds fired without hitting the target

[@DMC2806]

Exactly why the Glock switches are so dumb and dangerous civilians catch those strays

[@Trollinskyy]

I’m not a cop! But I know if I we’re serving a warrant I probably won’t be directly in front of the doorway 😂

[@JVS_T]

I remember when I was working at Chick-fil-A and I saw a Glock on the dash and I struck up a conversation with the driver about theses switch and his buddy next to him was like “ya I have one” pulled a Glock out from under the seat with a 50 round drum with a Switch! In my mind I told myself “imagine if someone try to road rage with these guys!” Stay safe out their guys and watch your temper you never know what people be packing

[@Jynx1927]

Bro what Mans (not you) litteraly just showed some guy his machine gun, hes lucky he didnt go to jail

[@JordanReedYT]

@@Jynx1927 Jail for what 😂 he guy asked about Glock switches & he had one.

[@sprite010]

@@JordanReedYT this mf said "jail for what" 😂😂 as if owning one isn't a federal crime. And you're riding around with a 50 rd drum attached to it. He'd be in jail for a very long time.

[@JordanReedYT]

@@sprite010 Owning one is ONLY ILLEGAL if you don’t have the correct SOT.

[@sprite010]

@@JordanReedYT most don't have that since most of us don't deal in arms

[@OmgRisky]

"Its extremely easy, you can 3d print one at home" sounds like a pro-gun commercial

[@SpaceRanger187]

Vice is trying to help get the word out that way more criminals get them, that way there is more violence. More propaganda to keep people scared.Vice is not on our side

[@lisaseabrook4545]

Love ads

[@fuckyoutube5584]

You got the program for that. Maybe drop it in Wikipedia

[@hamdoggius]

@@SpaceRanger187 And if they didn't cover the topic you would call them out for that. Your brain is rotting, best see a doctor about that.

[@UnacceptableAttitude]

The FFL owner was avoiding explaining how they work to protect the information and then they showed a diagram of how it works, I'd say they love to promote the knowledge.

[@khoitrananh6461]

The last line spoken in the entire video is the reality of gun policies.

[@JayTheShooter]

Absolutely! Unfortunately, That’s what usually happens 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@jjdixon8563]

@@JayTheShooter cool you commented man, glad your educating people in your Instagram DMS that was cool to see.

[@staxx2353]

That’s why the cut it off early and put it at the end of the video. Looks like he was going to explain why control doesn’t work on criminals. And it effect only the civilians

[@slavabtomat]

As most "reporting" goes, 99.9% fluff and scare tactics, .1% reality and logic.

[@OAB179]

The last piece is probably the most important detail out of the video. Criminals don’t get punished by new laws, only law abiding citizens.

[@mghegotagun]

Pretty much. Every new gun control law has the following effect on each group. Law abiding civilian: The net in which they can be charged with a crime grows wider. Step lightly. Criminal: Another charge on top of the 3-5 other crimes they're committing at the same time? Oh well. I don't think people truly appreciate how relevant the statement "the laws don't effect criminals" is without being fed this example. New gun laws criminalizing possession of things as innocuous and common as standard capacity magazines should have stopped being written years ago in favor of laws to deal with the core issue of actual criminals and their actions.

[@Parabellumjohn215]

These aren’t anything new, maybe the proliferation of them, but auto sears for glocks have been a thing since Glock first developed the Glock 18

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

@Tommy Taffy Exactly. And That does nothing to stop the Crimes and Deaths. All this regulation BullShlt Does is Keep Law Abiding Citizens from tools the Second Amendment Permits us to have.

[@Rampart.X]

Glocks rock!

[@CrimsonDoveKarting]

Yes but actually no, some random dude in st augistine Florida owns the patent for the toggle switch. The 18c has an autosear but not a "drop in auto sear", it's an entirely different slide piece similar to a Beretta m3 raffica. Autistic differences, but still a slight difference.

[@infestus5657]

The Problems are the guns, not the switches.

[@infestus5657]

Also, the glock 18 was full auto

[@askhowiknow5527]

I've yet to see a handheld automatic weapon that was as effective as a semi auto...

[@clarkkent1521]

Define effective in terms of guns.

[@ZheGaming._]

@@clarkkent1521 😂😂😂💯

[@Deadlyaztec27]

Well, you're right in a sense. Training and reaction speed are the most important factor when it comes to neutralizing a target mid to long range. The advantage of full auto is that you can use it as a force multiplier in close range and to suppress a much larger group at medium range. Getting into a shootout with a criminal that's 20 meters away is very dangerous. Knowing he can come over and mag dump you in one trigger pull makes them even more dangerous. Full auto is undeniably the king of throwing bullets in the direction of your target. Often that's enough.

[@ivareskesner2019]

AK 47 and every other assault rifle with a full auto mode.

[@email4664]

@@clarkkent1521 Accurately hitting with every round discharged. A barrel with a length of 5 inches should allow the user to accurately place their projectile in an orange at 40 yards

[@GiancarloFloyd]

I remember seeing these on the internet like 10 years ago for around $20 off of Chinese websites and thinking the were for BB guns.

[@concentratecorner1744]

they are still on those chinese websites. Just a lot of them are honey pots

[@Viziry]

Me to I faintly remember

[@lameguy9862]

@@concentratecorner1744 yea but some still got through surprisingly

[@BeeJayyDaDon]

@@concentratecorner1744 what websites are they called, asking for a friend

[@immortalxmedia]

No way, I’m so naive i never even knew smh lol I see everything is just sooo controversial now a days

[@SomervilleBob]

SUB-machine gun. A machine gun fires rifle cartridges, a SUB-machine gun fires handgun cartridges.

[@colinjohnston5734]

This thing has been around for like 75 years. Honestly the inaccuracy probably saves lives. A fully auto pistol is like the farthest thing from a machine gun you can get.

[@BlynkyLand]

Yeah, bullets that missed their intended target are usually super safe for everyone else. 🤪

[@richomanzano8318]

Lol what?

But you don't realise the impact these devices have on ammunition producing companies....

[@Rampart.X]

Exactly. Most dangerous weapon is a bolt action.

[@kashy2577]

yup, everyone that becomes collateral damage doesn't count

[@ap1986]

Guys auto sears have been around for almost 150 years. And we're available to the common citizen all the way up the the 80`s... (Thanks Reagan 🙄)

[@jackmeyers7805]

Fuckin Fudd

[@Jynx1927]

Is this sarcasm?

[@jackmeyers7805]

@@Jynx1927 No, Reagan was a Fudd.

[@dwalker399]

@@Jynx1927 No

[@Jaysnipes]

Why is it a controversy now then?

[@edgo6434]

If criminals have them, law abiding citizens need to be able to have them.

[@dominickbadial5980]

Your government has them so you should have them

[@ianrodabaugh4674]

@@dominickbadial5980 Gimme my civilian reaper drone asap

[@diceNdiceN]

​@@ianrodabaugh4674and a tank

[@silo3com]

Agreed. Guns for everyone or guns for no one. The most vulnerable especially, children included

[@thelolocaust2.022]

​@@ianrodabaugh4674 32 million, go for it.

[@reservoirinc7750]

One well-placed shot is far more lethal than 50 misplaced shots.

[@WingsOfADream1]

this.

[@DrMario_666]

Ok?

[@KaffiRawr]

This misses the point. 50 misplaced shots are still lethal, can harm up to 50 people, and in just 2.5 seconds.

[@KrikZ32]

not to a crowd of innocent people

[@ryelu7885]

This is how I can tell someone who knows firearms and have some logic when I see comments like yours versus the others. I really can't stand all this reiterate I understand that we see a lot more of it but there's nothing new about this the machine gun Acnt has been in place forever and it never stopped anyone it only put more machine guns in the hands of the criminals than anyone else. Anyways, putting a switch on your little Glock 43X which I'm assuming would be the smallest "machine gun " ever but technically, that's not a machine gun still just the striker fired blowback pistol with and auto reset trigger, but what everyone sees is oh my gosh GUNS = DANGER and the imagery is done that way on purpose as well it's kind of sad that they present things this way by didn't used to be so lopsided before it was sold out

[@DeviantDespot]

Machine guns are easier to make than semi automatic. The only thing that device really does is disable the semi mechanism that prevents it from firing a second round using the force of the first and so on and on.

[@FightingSportsMedia]

They seem to forget that getting caught with any kind of full auto gun is basically life in prison afaik

[@PotatoeHarvester]

Great explanation, definitely on point, the reason no one did this before isn't because it's complex but retether the fact that with such a gun you can't really aim, even being expert there is no telling where the bullets will go, in neighbours hours, random bystander or random car. Making this gun a terrible alternative for any real stand alone machine guns.

[@konradcedro1316]

Rip old vice

[@SilverforceX]

@@FightingSportsMedia Gun laws don't work on criminals dude. Only law abiding citizens care.

[@sidviciousness7469]

@@SilverforceX Until the law abiding become criminals. Courts and prisons are slowly filling up with those LAW ABIDING TYPES EVERYDAY. Stop believing everyone facing charges has...been there before!

[@novall1252]

i like how they low-key want to show us how cool it is so we are going to buy it

[@stanhry]

I would like one. My state bans all NFA items. I don’t to go gangster.

[@victorfox9623]

FEDs: Hey look at this easy to find and modify tool. See how cool it is to shot it!

[@commander31able60]

"the switches is on the market like PS5s" so the supply is limited, logistics are constrained by COVID, the price is high and scalpers get most of them before anyone else can buy them and then sell them at double the market price?

[@jingbot1071]

Kind of, yeah. Limited number of people willing to machine them creates a similar bottleneck.

[@WTP_DAVE]

Yeah actually that makes sense you think these are cheap and at walmart?

[@Sophistry0001]

@@jingbot1071 but they're a loooooooooot more simple to manufacture if you have the know how and equipment. One guy willing to crank them out could make a hundred in a week easy.

[@ApacheChief]

Send them to the Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@yootaobe5536]

*C A P I T A L I S M*

[@wymanmore3982]

Law abiding citizens should be allowed to own and operate any firearm they so choose. By denying them their constitutional right to do so it hinders their ability to match criminal elements operating outside of rules and regulations as they do not adhere to them anyway. Additionally, the 2nd amendment was created to defend against tyrannical government institutions not to merely support simple home protection.

[@alexpoore8140]

I don't see law adding written in the 2nd amendment that's why we have infringements because people cherry pick the 2nd amendment.

[@Fros1By1e]

@@alexpoore8140 you're saying the quiet part out loud. A lot of people don't realize that our founders would be labeled extremists and put on red flag lists and denied and chance at ownership these days. EVERYONE should be allowed ownership of firearms in this country.

[@pewpewbbqs]

Exactly!@@alexpoore8140 if someone is too dangerous to own a gun, then why aren't they locked up?? Shall not be infringed!!!

[@pewpewbbqs]

@@Fros1By1e it heals my heart to see so many people in the comments w/ this attitude.

[@Fros1By1e]

@jasonsierchio1167 this is the exact thing I've told so many people. If judges gave out actual sentences and we did away with the whole telling people that have been locked up that they don't deserve work or shelter anymore then this massive crime wave we've had over the last century would be nearly nothing.

[@jaredlozano1692]

Still less dangerous than cops mag dumping their ar15s into the side of a department store changing room wall lol

[@ABoredTroll]

You're a troll :P

[@nameofmychannel8802]

Get urs… i got mine

[@2000rayc]

@@ABoredTroll sad little cop lover

[@tripletdaddy7672]

Yes they killed that 14yr old girl hiding from a bad man. Careless shooting on the cops with the rifle

[@nothingtosee314]

Hot take! We got a hot take here!.... See? Nobody cares.

[@AdamTuralinski]

Nobody tell them about the shoelaces that are ATF registered as machine guns for M1/M1A platforms.

[@jondaniels61]

#FuckTheATF #BoatingAccidentSurvivor

[@HE-162]

Lol what?! I’ve heard of a lot but how have I not hear of this?

[@JuanRodriguez-bc5jd]

🤫🤫🤫🤫

[@aaronkong2433]

@@HE-162 if u tie a string around the charging handle and around the trigger/trigger guard an M1A or Mini 14 or something like that it can shoot full auto

[@HE-162]

@@aaronkong2433 ah I see now, but I still don’t understand OP claiming that there are registered shoelaces. Looks like the atf determined that in the correct configuration string could be classified as a machine gun, but not that there are registered strings.

[@aaronlangevin322]

I love how they keep saying "they're everywhere. Everyone had them." Sounds like an argument for legalization to me.

[@jcollins3634]

Right, majority rules and all!

[@-John-Doe-]

in common use. It’s the same problem with claiming pistol braces are sbr’s. It’s all a game at this point. Every PD, military, etc is familiar with these platforms. There’s nothing arcane or unknown about them. They’re not some top secret weapon.

[@crimpers5543]

i'd rather legalize sbrs and silencers. Dont want anyone with an glock switch at my range. Can't trust anyone to shoot accurately even without 1per pull.

[@champy1210]

Common use (prior case, Caetano, established 200,000 stun guns met this threshold): protected by 2A.

[@slavabtomat]

"Become ungovernable!"

[@guiltyuntilproveninnocent.]

I wonder how these switches ended up in every hood in America 🤔

[@daniellopezz1955]

The Government, same as the war on drugs

[@dylantiger2001]

Peculiar

[@chriss619]

3d printers 🤷‍♂

[@jaredlu2200]

Oy vey the goyim know

[@titsmagee4469]

Ordered off wish. Not everything is a conspiracy.

[@cjsousa4250]

Looks at a pile of parts “these are all machine guns?” “Yeah” amazing, guess when you’re making all the rules you can call things anything you want.

[@Justin.Franks]

The ATF once classified a shoestring with a metal ring on one end as being a "machine gun". Dead serious.

[@338lapsniper]

Lol, a pile of coat hangers.

[@ItsWAWGaming]

@@Justin.Franks Dumbasses lol

[@slavabtomat]

I bet the AFT would have a heart attack if they went into Home Depot and saw all the "readily convertible" material sitting on the shelves! 🤣🤣

[@oriolopocholo]

I love how the dealer's reaction after getting his buddy shot isn't "at that moment I realized that what I was selling was killing scores of people" but "at that moment I realized that could happen to me"

[@tonykaze]

safe to say he is not an altruist

[@imdaddyp]

Yeah, well illegal arms dealers aren't known for their empathy...

[@coolandgood1010]

They're just motivated by money. Their greed clouds their judgements.

[@mattbrown292]

@@tonykaze Most people don't understand that the nature of gun ownership is highly philosophical for Americans. Selling guns that may end up killing someone is completely compatible with their philosophy.

[@vinnieg6161]

obviously someone as self-centred and down right evil is not going to have a moral epiphany on his own.

[@romeodecember]

It’s a really simple device and can be replicated once you understand how it works Vice: shows how it works

[@slavabtomat]

Yeah. Vice... total tool boxes the lot of them.

[@maxolla6114]

Calling a switch a machine gun is like calling an engine a car 😂 vice needs to put down the pipe and hire some new reporters

[@Z33Garage]

I'm so happy to see that all these laws/bans that politicians push to keep us all "safe" are so hyper effective at keeping already illegal items off the hands of individuals whom don't wish to do the proper paperwork and background checks to get them legally. Sadly its only the law abiding owners that end up following NFA item laws vs criminals. SHUCKS I guess we need more bans and laws.

[@charliediep]

A law is only as good as the enforcement you apply...

[@Z33Garage]

@@charliediep that's not how the politicians claim it works

[@stephenjerome7793]

Unfortunately only the people that are willing to break the law are able to get these. There is no way to get these switches legally because of the 1986 gun control act which prohibits civilian ownership of any machine gun manufactured after 1986

[@lostinthesauce398]

i’d imagine it’s a lot easier to smuggle inconspicuously shaped dice sized pieces of plastic than handguns much less rifles

[@ItsWAWGaming]

Not to mention many people getting them without a license just don't want the government snooping in their business as any regulation against what guns we can have is already illegally in place to begin with in fact the supreme court has been shooting down lots of the ATF rulings over the years recently.

[@robertpascale6966]

I think I've seen a belt-fed 22 caliber Browning machine gun which make your examples look like Andre the Giant's cannons

[@Bloated_Tony_Danza]

Fun fact, that was made by Tippmann (the paintball company) when Tippmann could no longer legally make 22 caliber browning machine guns, they switched to paintball markers to keep the company going.

[@robertpascale6966]

@@Bloated_Tony_Danza who said Dale Gribble was useless

[@bonddjeims8495]

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[@topcatcoast2coast579]

@@Bloated_Tony_Danza beat me to it Rusty. I still have a 98 custom with a flatline barrel, line thru for comp air, and colapseable stock.

[@jingbot1071]

@@robertpascale6966 WING-GO

[@snakemanmike]

At the risk of being called pedantic, this isn't a "machine gun." It's a part that converts a semi auto into a full auto weapon. Calling it "the world's smallest machine gun" is a misleading, clickbait title. It was an interesting video. Expect the BATFE to consider banning Glocks as too easy to convert.

[@JamieRosensteel]

This is one of those cases where legal terminology conflicts with normal usage. Obviously by itself an auto-sear is not a firearm, let alone a machinegun, it's just a part. Without the rest of the Glock pistol, the auto-sear does nothing. However the NFA legally defines a machinegun either as the firearm itself, or a part that can convert a firearm into a machinegun. So legally possession of an unregistered auto-sear would be felony possession of a machinegun, even without a functioning firearm.

[@conorcane1211]

@A_Sitting_Duck i see what word you jus learned lol. ur doing a fine line thing, not sure why but if a cop heard that gun he would report automatic gun fire 😂

[@AudioAdvisory38]

The pedantic argument is that Vice uses Clickbait like titles. Which they do. Their narrative caters to the most simple answers, to complex questions. Explanation pr0n.

[@sharkmiiiscool]

Isn't the switch itself classified by the ATF as a machine gun? In that sense, it would be. Though maybe something like a lightning link might be smaller.

[@22castillo22]

Ok Karen

[@squeakydolphin9615]

4:40 An assault rifle, by definition, is a machine gun, so how one converts an assault rifle into a machine gun is beyond me.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

There's no definition of an assault rifle.

[@squeakydolphin9615]

@@ClickClack_Bam True, it was always propaganda from the start.

[@Chroma710]

Even by modern law definition an assault rifle is an autoloading rifle in an intermediate cartridge with SELECT-FIRE capabilities. So by definition an assault rifle is already capable of burst or full auto which would make no sense since ar-15s are not capable of either, therefore they aren't even assault rifles.

[@TheCrusher72]

Assault rifles are not machineguns. They may be select fire, but they don’t typically fire from an open bolt and aren’t fed belted ammunition.

[@squeakydolphin9615]

@@TheCrusher72 I am not a firearms expert, so correct me if I am wrong. A machine gun is defined by its ability to fire multiple rounds with a single function of the trigger. This includes fully-automatic and burst fire. Whether or not it fires from an open/closed bolt or is magazine/belt-fed is not relevant to the definition. An example of a machine gun that fires from a closed bolt that feeds from a magazine is the poorly received Italian Breda Model 30. Belts and open bolt operation are common on machine guns to assist continuous fire by providing large amounts of ammunition and offering better cooling respectively.

[@chrisrod657]

Anyone with any common sense knows switches are just range toys. They’re impractical for accuracy, ammo is expensive, you can shoot accurately with a semi automatic.

[@BlynkyLand]

But we know how many of the people around us really don't don't any have common sense, Chris.

[@henkdeklapsteen6787]

Automatic weapons are weapons of mass destruction. Fucking america.

[@tonyr8051]

Vice will never admit it. Goes against the anti gun narrative they like to push.

[@Chrom_LV]

Well said, too bad the ones who use them have never gone to the range, or learned anything properly... The real world is their range and the more they spray, the better.

[@DickCheneyXX]

@@henkdeklapsteen6787 I am fairly certain a Glock 18 is not a strategic weapons by any stretch of the imagination. Glock is Austrian, not American btw.

[@pete7389]

As we all learned from the war on drugs, prohibition works! No more drug use in America, right?

[@picolascage8123]

Yes legalize all guns and all drugs

[@ZaMonolith1986]

@@picolascage8123 clearly not working

[@matthewmorel3758]

@@picolascage8123 I wish. I wanna smoke a joint and shoot machine guns.

[@picolascage8123]

@@matthewmorel3758 this is the way

[@Ob33toUchiha28]

I’m sure your everyday gun enthusiasts knew about this but now that you’ve informed the average Joe I wouldn’t be surprised if they try getting a hold of this now

[@God1stProductions]

Thats why we got VICE news so they can teach and introduce people and prepare them for the billion dollar industry called the prison system

[@jide5342]

People been had these

[@anthonypareigis6188]

...modding guns to be full auto had been a thing since the ban came into effect. You could get a switched glock in 2010 for like 800 in chi

[@amaddenmind4597]

It's been on the street for 2 years bro

[@alwayssorry346]

Its been in music and video games for years. Normally referred to as a glock with a switch. Everyone with internet access and who tunes into any media knows about it lmao

[@Edd-k1q]

Just like what happened in the prohibition era, those crews caused more collateral as firepower increased. One bullet on target is worth more than 50 misses.

[@aaronbest747]

What the dude in white said is 100% true, although fully automatic guns have a faster fire rate, they also have less accuracy.

[@pistola187]

Unless your pin point blank with it. Yea it’s pretty useless to shoot from far

[@ALotOfCancer]

And that's a good thing More stray bullets = More angels to send to heaven. God Bless Jesus Amen 🙏 Lord

[@vyros.3234]

But in a mass shooting situation they can do more damage. An example is if there is a big crowd of people.

[@lambdalambdalambdaa]

That's the worst part. Idiots will be hitting innocent victims instead of their actual target.

[@ALotOfCancer]

Who needs accuracy when GOD stands with gun owners, Amen 🙏

[@MarkiusFox]

The law concerning machine gun ownership is a bit more nuanced than "you need a special license". The civilian registry for machine guns was open from 26 July 1934 (the date the National Firearms Act of 1934 went into effect) to 19 May 1986 (the date the Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 went into effect). In between that time, it was legal for a civilian to buy or make a machine gun as long as they paid a tax and registered it with the federal government. Ever since the 1986 date, only machine guns registered before the date have been "civilian transferable"; the price for those has risen sharply but steadily as demand has grown but supply has shrunk. The specific law that closed the civilian registry is found under Title 18 of the Code of Law of the United States, it is Section 922(o). In order to own or make machine guns after the 1986 date, a person must get a Federal Firearms License, and an attached status call Special Occupational Taxpayer. There are several types of FFL and a few Classes of SOT. It costs about 1000USD to get an FFL alone, not counting the fees and licensing in the city/county/state you plan to do business in, and another 3000USD or so to get one of the classes of SOT. You will not get an FFL or an SOT if you only want to own a machine gun, you must have a business dealing in firearms and specifically want to do business in things like machine guns to have an SOT attached to the FFL. Once you stop being in that line of business, you must transfer, sell, destroy, or surrender any items in your inventory that would be prohibited for you to own as a civilian. It's also interesting to point out, in the nearly 88 years since the National Firearms Act has been law, only two crimes have been committed with registered machine guns; at least one of them was registered and used by Law Enforcement, not a civilian. All other crimes with machine guns were converted illegally. So, law abiding civilians are not going around committing crimes of any kind with registered machine guns.

[@finchrollah8656]

Null and void. 2A shall not be infringed.

[@jcollins3634]

So, your 'interesting point' only really applies to business owners who would sacrifice $5k sot fees plus the $30k+ for the actual transferable platform and all the time and legal fees associated.... simply to commit a crime? Maybe I missed your point but in full circle, it is easy for me to see why these are so popular. Seems people refuse to bow to the king. Those who forget history are bound to repeat it.

[@levijacobson4668]

Can you please help me become a civilian, would like to be considered under presedientialism federalism soldierism etc.

[@redtra236]

Not all of them are "illegal conversions", plenty of cases of illegal factory full auto weapons being used

[@ItsWAWGaming]

Repeal the 86 Ban, it was retarded and it's illegal!

[@cillianmclaverty9392]

“Assault rifle to machine gun” huh?

[@762x69]

I was pretty miffed with that statement

[@militustoica]

If it’s black and has no wood on it, that means it’s an assault rifle because it’s less scary to look at. Why can’t everyone just own an M-14? Or an M1? It’s not like those would ever be found in a warzone!

[@brunoferretti9609]

Assault rifles are single Fire.

[@ryanblasingame3497]

@@brunoferretti9609 just shut up you clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[@squidwardo7074]

wait can someone link where they said that

[@devastating6143]

Legislation of weapons WILL NOT affect the criminals… 100% fact

[@raylopez99]

Yeah but it does in the UK. Different culture I suppose.

[@misobean]

“Assault rifles into machine guns” - huh?

[@750ball]

I caught that too

[@MrBrewman95]

I’m not a gun expert but that sounded super weird and incorrect.

[@ernstbergerbrent]

What this video doesn't point out is how impractical a machine pistol is. It's next to impossible to hit anything past a few yards unless you are highly trained. Most militaries and police forces don't use them.

[@conlinbryant5037]

I'm not sure if you know what a drive by is. or just how gang warfare works, but machine pistols are a favorite of drive bys. Handguns are already the most commonly used firearms for violent crime, the capability to quickly turn most of them into a machine pistol is pretty wild.

[@International0Health]

Respectfully disagree. A machine pistol on full-auto is indeed almost useless in a tactical situation. I believe the folks who want these are not considering tactical; they are considering terror - indiscriminate firing into homes and cars and groups associated with competitors. Killing kids.

[@TheSLOShadow]

That is why they are dangerous. A shooter has no control over where those bullets go. 00buck is what I use when I need a close range machine gun.

[@KillerAJ]

For hitting the intended target. But gang members don't give a fk if they miss and hit a random person.

[@brendenshea1312]

@⛔Stop Censorship⛔ yea all those people using Tommy guns working for Capone looked like the stuff I spread on my turkey sandwich I get before viewing the bird sanctuary

[@michelangelo4483]

They focus on “extremists” but not gangs and drug dealers LOL

[@CruSquad_Archives]

Drug and Gun trafficking's is part of gang violence. So in total, gang violence is the main cause.

[@earlturner6023]

Bangers aren't shooting at politicians so they don't care.

[@luckyluke5614]

Did not even mention Chicago

[@ErraticHail]

"Those damn white extremist boogaloo boys"

[@Cheeseburgor339]

noticing a pattern with people who buy switches

[@philanderingwhitecollartra8281]

the fn.22 that we had in canadian cadets was able to do the same by pivoting the safety around..

[@fahimrahman9577]

Bruh I ain’t a gun expert or nun but isn’t the safety “pivoting around” just switching from passive to active to automatic?

[@TheSundayShooter]

@@fahimrahman9577 Were it a selector, yes, but he might be referring to "hammer follow" induced by leveraging the safety as the trigger remains pulled (crummy design or faulty components)

[@doublej7257]

Had no idea about an auto sear until today 🔥 thanks for the tip vice!

[@SpaceRanger187]

You must not be into guns they have been around for at least 50 years

[@doublej7257]

@@SpaceRanger187 I guess not. I own two handguns, a shotgun and an AK 🤷‍♂️

[@albertthunderberker5943]

Why not just let any law abiding citizen conceal carry to protect themselves, obviously criminals are never gonna respect whatever you ban . Why punish those who follow the regulations.

[@xsagradoxcorazonx]

We should all just walk around fully armed 24/7. Not insecure at all, nope.

[@albertthunderberker5943]

@@xsagradoxcorazonx Not all of us , it's a choice . Simply give people the chance to make their own decisions, no one's forcing anything on anyone.

[@colt10mmsecurity68]

The video failed to point out…. These switches are illegal and carry a minimum 10 year federal prison sentence…. Did I mention they’re illegal? Criminals don’t obey gun laws. So why make more laws against the law abiding gun owners?

[@peterparsons7141]

When I last travelled to Nevada, I went to a gun range and rented a machine gun. Had a morning of shooting a few different kinds, and Calibers. It was a fun morning, I didn’t have to clean the gun, didn’t have to transport it, and then lock it back in a safe. Perhaps if young people who want to shoot had the coaching, and access to a range. Competing at the range is fun. I like guns, I always did. I found access to a range and joined a club. I’ve had fifty years of recreation and sport. If this street gun problem is going to get solved give shooters access to learning and shooting and all that goes with legal ownership and the responsibility that goes with that.

[@LanternFlies]

So much winning here. 👏. Sadly to many gun owners view training of any kind as a hinderance.

[@babachloe7140]

Same here, different country though. In Kenya guns are highly regulated, but if you find the one range in Nairobi that offers the opportunity to fire of some 22s, you will have a great time and have respect for firearms.

[@nickgamingmusic9911]

A part of the problem I see there is also the "rented" part. So many working double jobs and barely surviving - no way able to go to rent at a range just for some fun. Granted this demographic is likely not the perpetrators of gun crimes but I'm sure a large part of those that are; might not even have a job at all or simply even worse finances without turning to other types of crimes. anddd of course you always have people that are just psychotic either way.

[@bonddjeims8495]

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[@consciouseffortmedia]

Thank you sir that’s a fact !

[@brettash7640]

I love how he just says it costs over a thousand dollars....yeah a good bit more. Why not use a number that doesn't make it so easily attainable and realistic at the same time?

[@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131]

How long and expensive is the process?

[@aft1567]

@@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131 years of waiting, thousands of dollars, and the loss of respect of freemen

[@robertharper3754]

@@mafinalmessagechangedaworl7131, well, the price on a M16 registered lower receiver, stripped of all it's parts, can go for over 20K these days. They weren't so expensive pre 1986 Hughes Amendment, (Which was pushed through with a voice count that didn't add up), that amendment to a gun control bill banned the ability to register any new machine guns for regular people to own, so in 1982 a legal M16 would have cost you a few hundred dollars more than an AR15. Oh, and lets say you find a really historical machine gun in your grandfather's stuff when he passes, something he brought back from WW2, well, now you have to destroy it. I've seen machine guns that are not only historical, but are worth a hell of a lot of money, have to be destroyed over stupid laws that do NOTHING to reduce crime.

[@orangekilla3374]

@@robertharper3754 they arn’t destroyed they are lost in a boating accident or a barn fire

[@slavabtomat]

The "$1000 dollars" he's talking about is obtaining your FFL and SOT license. Going that route costs significantly less than buying a $20k "third hole" lower receiver. The SOT allows you to manufacture, posses and sell select fire weapons (to entities legally allowed to posses them - government agencies for instance). The downside is that if you decide to close shop and surrender your licenses, the select fire weapons have to either be transferred/sold to another FFL/SOT dealer, have to be destroyed or handed over to the AFT for "disposal". Total garbage rules imo, but the only "legal" way to play the game.

[@at9660]

The kids on tictok flexing their guns with switches, for full auto, and extended magazines does not result in any FBI/ATF raids in Chicago or any Democrat led Urban Area. Although buying a solvent trap, for cleaning, will have them knocking on your door in Republican rural America. Very odd. Not sus at all.

[@josedorsaith5261]

They want you disarmed and defenceless

[@Lawgamer411]

“And this is a machine gun?” “ATF says so and if I don’t they’ll shoot my dog so…”

[@JT-lw1oh]

Weird. The more we talk about it and post on social media on how easy it is to convert or buy, it keeps showing up. At an alarming rate. Who would of thought!?

[@lukasethan6429]

Been like this for over a decade, everyone else catching up

[@Wiseone123]

more like 2 decades

[@pierregibson6699]

@@Wiseone123 yep first had one in 1998

[@austint7533]

If these were “suddenly everywhere” I’m pretty sure 90% of my friends would have them.

[@MrProzacmilkshake]

did you ask them

[@RageUnchained]

@@KevinRodriguez-uz3uy nice try fed boi

[@Red-mf5uq]

Closing the border and vetting would definitely help

[@ravenpineshomestead]

I want one so bad, but with ammo prices these day's it impractical 😭

[@Oblivisci........]

Lolz!

[@Qstyleonem]

Ammo like ⛽

[@robbb416]

Demand causes inflation.

[@goblingoochgobbler5759]

@@robbb416 *joe biden causes inflation, fixed it for you ;)

[@robbb416]

@@goblingoochgobbler5759 Putins war caused inflation. That's the facts. There I fixed it for you.

[@AB_thingsDFW]

"you can throw in more legislation but it's not going to affect the criminals". My man ended the documentary with that 💪

[@hopeman7717]

@Wischmopps In many third world countries, governments have a strong control over weapons, which may even reach the death penalty in some cases. So controlling weapons is a characteristic of the Third World

[@Buttercup697]

There needs to be much harsher consequences for illegal use of firearms. There needs to be more rigorous regulation for ownership. If your of sound mind and clean record, you should have ZERO argument for strict gun ownership regulations. Suck it up. (I say this as a former gun owner)

[@a13xp52]

@@lukes.1333 Exactly.

[@stevemorris8545]

9:12 consistently goes right over anti-gunners heads. You could legislate the guns out of every legal gun owner's hands and you would not stop this. I'm actually floored VICE even included this clip to be honest.

[@kevaughnramsay9846]

Ok then?

[@stevemorris8545]

@@kevaughnramsay9846 Ok then what?

[@Baddy3shoez]

But i thought making guns illegal stopped criminals

[@emc8481]

I'm pro 2A but I could care less about owning this. I prefer accuracy over spraying. If anyone wants to own it that's their prerogative.

[@quentinrequier8272]

Machine pistols have never had any practical use there’s a reason they were only used by military and law enforcement from like the 30’s to the 50’s before almost completely disappearing

[@xjww8623]

Police don't want you to have one because they don't want it to be used against them when they come for your 2nd amendment right.

[@teddy.d174]

Same here, those types of automatic handguns are extremely inaccurate in the hands of a novice and even proficient gun owners.

[@voice2982]

it's fun for shootin dirt in the middle of nowhere, lol

[@teddy.d174]

@@voice2982 Exactly! 🤣

[@tashgodoffools]

Just like the war on drugs, the war on guns has already been lost... They can never stop the signal...

[@patrickreilly81]

Bro did I just see a full auto desert eagle?!? That is fucking amazing 😂😂😂

[@lurker69420]

i think he was bump firing it

[@professorparabellum]

@@lurker69420 no it’s full auto

[@justintime753]

@@lurker69420 its full

[@Nuthing_but_the_Truth]

"Machine Gun?" Maybe just a full auto hand gun. I'm afraid a machine gun is much more than just full auto. That is just one characteristic.

[@lquh]

1:11 It is not that easy. It is a process. He already has the backplate removed, and a cut into the frame for it to fit. He pre modified it , it isn’t plug and play

[@MTDurkee]

As someone with a 3d print farm, who also makes frames for personal use. I get a lot of messages asking for Yankee boogles, sears, frames. It's wild the demand

[@tbm7301]

most if not all of those guys are definitely feds

[@Asonunique23]

Feds

[@immortalxmedia]

I’m so lost

[@MTDurkee]

@@tbm7301 no no I mean like IRL people I know lol

[@MTDurkee]

@@Asonunique23 I mean IRL people I know

[@user-mf2gr3cz6e]

Anyone that has handled a gun knows how useless a machine pistol is, as it once was said about an autopistol that is 3 times the weight of a glock with the same rate of fire, only useful in a firefight inside a phone booth

[@chiefusb465]

I dont think its the point of it being useless to a trained individual, its the untrained people spraying bullets indiscriminately

[@Miles26545]

Good against crowds

[@chestergt7765]

@@Miles26545 shotguns are better

[@ber7967]

@@chestergt7765 life isnt a game shotguns have a tight spread usually

[@sierraecho884]

So somebody with one of these will hit a bunch of people originally not intended to hit right ? This does not sound any better to me.

[@jgg8655]

The fact that you’re making out that a Glock switch is shocking is hilarious. You’re acting like you’re turning a toy into a lethal weapon, did you forget you already have a lethal weapon to start with, that in many US states you can just own and wander around with

[@michaelsheaks859]

We should all support full auto. “Shall not be infringed” for a reason

[@doujinflip]

Don't forget "well regulated Militia".

[@matthewmorel3758]

@@doujinflip don’t start with this “well regulated militia” bullshit. That doesn’t mean the army. I means civilians.

[@KillAllTheBugs]

@@doujinflip "well regulated" means well equipped and well trained. It does not mean legal regulation. civilians are the militia.

[@cheefpoker]

I love how Fear-instilling they're trying to be with the editing and music. This is not new Vice. They've been around for decades.

[@gardeningniceperson]

But the usage has gone up, thats like the whole point of the video?

[@GetMeThere1]

Machine guns are EXTREMELY EFFICIENT at wasting ammo -- and not much else. That efficiency has reached a level of perfection in the "machine pistol," which is ALSO highly effective in preventing targets from being hit even once by gunfire. They DO have a place in military use -- not to kill soldiers, but to force the enemy to "duck" so that other soldiers can move in on their position.

[@jauume]

You can tell from this video haha, they barely move the gun and rounds splash all over the water... still, this could be dangerous

[@yonisdiriye123]

If you have two guys with switches and 30 round mags shooting at someone, that’s 60 rounds in 2 seconds and they will hit something.

[@GetMeThere1]

@@yonisdiriye123 You can tell any sort of story, or contrive any sort of scenario. The fact is that, on average, more people can be killed by aimed, semi-auto fire than fully automatic fire, in realistic shooting examples. The single exception is rare situations like the Las Vegas shooting, where people are packed in like sardines. If wherever your shoot there's meat, then yes, there will be carnage. In virtually all other circumstances, when there are more "gaps" between people, than flesh, most of your full-auto rounds are going to wind up in the gaps (and this is true of most "typical" semi-crowded spaces we see in day-to-day life. Like a crowded shopping mall, for example).

[@h2lo704]

@@GetMeThere1 really? In close proximity, like in the scenario of a police coming to a house, the distance is usually less than 20 ft.... you don't need accuracy, if you spray enough bullet, you will hit something or someone. It's extremely dangerous for law enforcement or victims.

[@GetMeThere1]

@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 If the first shot of a burst doesn't hit the target, it's extremely likely that none of the others will, either. If the first shot DOES, then -- according to your own criteria -- that's good enough. You are talking with someone who has actually USED full auto rifles, and after experience, I can tell you, their key utility (and it's a GOOD ONE) is that they can scare the crap out of who you are shooting at (always a very useful thing) and, if you're shooting at MANY people, and they happen to get nicely bunched up, you can do some quick damage. That's it.

[@Ekalb2000]

"A law repugnant to the Constitution is void. An act of Congress repugnant to the Constitution cannot become a law. The Constitution supersedes all other laws and the individual's rights shall be liberally enforced in favor of him/her, the clearly intended and expressly designated beneficiary." -Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803) "If the State converts a right (liberty) into a privilege, the citizen can ignore the license and fee and engage in the right (liberty) with impunity." -Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, Alabama, 373 U.S. 262 (1969)

[@JohnDoe-xq8sk]

Watching anything VICE makes about firearms is like watching a show about fried chicken that is directed by McDonalds.

[@landersbp]

imagine thinking its a normal 2A problem and not a home problem. my kids were exposed to firearms since age 2 and never stole a gun in the 8th grade and shot it off at graduation lol

[@russellthompson6204]

"Convert an assault rifle into a machine gun" LOL, that's not a thing. If it's not capable of fully automatic fire, it's not an assault rifle period.

[@bloodyplebs]

Bruh what. What is an m16-a4 then.

[@hawkgeoff]

@@bloodyplebs It's not an AR15

[@bloodyplebs]

@@hawkgeoff it’s still an assault rifle while not having automatic fire

[@markmoyerDeadlegend]

Good 'ol Vice News, feeding the fear.

[@13eight6]

Reminds me of the response trigger I had for my Tippmann A5 paintball gun that made it full-auto from the gasblow back exhaust...

[@TheSundayShooter]

Its AR-15 counterparts (WOT, FRT-15, ART, etc.) function comparably, but not technically automatic fire as each discharge coincides with a "single function" (pull) of the trigger

[@blaw138]

You mean blow back from Co2 pressure forward compression and firing that toy with a limp wrist.

[@UrMothersLoverr]

Bro the A5 RT is hands down still my favorite paintball marker that I own and it's the cheapest one too. That thing is a straight up tank

[@StarDarkAshes]

That thing is SICK🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!! I love anything that is engineered and really works. I’m not even a gun owner but 😮 WOW!

[@DemonratsRevil]

Good video on why we need to repeal the NFA.

[@bblauter]

Defund the ATF, repeal the NFA

[@gunandahookah1835]

Your biggest obstacle will be the folks who already own those type of firearms. You think a person who has a transferable M16 (AR15) worth 30-50k is going to risk their firearm value being reduced to 3-500 bucks, so others can be able to Form 1 new ARs? Not gonna happen! Best bet is to get your FFL/SOT, then Form 2 all day...

[@alexbarnett8541]

A tiny part can't be a entire machine gun. Ridiculous way of classifying something.

[@HighlyRegardted]

Vice in 2122: “so do you think this Gatling Railgun Laser overclock device is too powerful to be in the hands of criminals?” Gatling rail laser modder: “I mean yeah this situation is scary as hell… to know another one of my family could be shot with a stray railgun projectile…I quit making laser Gatling gun mods after that”

[@jondoe406]

😆😆

[@victorbostitch2294]

Most street thugs were never accurate in the first place with a glock, so I guess this is an upgrade for them, hoping that in my 40 round burst I at least hit the target once

[@awesomedez]

But the collateral damage is much higher

[@digitallurke7710]

Wrong. The point is to scare law enforcement.

[@imCurveee]

@@awesomedez They dont care, they have nothing to lose.

[@Bshwag]

You could probably make one of those with just a small chunk of metal and some steel files or a dremel.

[@ffarmchicken]

Shhhhhhhhh

[@jrstrange123]

Or you could just file down the sear. (I guess, a friend told me you could one time).

[@Waterburgers]

Aye quiet down

[@DingDong-yz7tz]

@@jrstrange123 and spend 10-30 years in prison…

[@jingbot1071]

@@DingDong-yz7tz Only if you get caught.

[@tedspang1945]

A switch is not a gun.

[@Oblivisci........]

That search warrant being issued when those officers are on the receiving end of that automatic fire... Last sound I would wanna hear that close.

[@PsyckoSama]

Better than hearing slower fire. Slower fire can be aimed.

[@nothingtosee314]

@@PsyckoSama Right?! Just stay behind cover while he burns all his ammo up in 2.5 seconds then send one well placed round downrange to turn his lights off. Simple as.

[@PsyckoSama]

@@nothingtosee314 Amen.

[@lameguy9862]

Y’all don’t come to Chicago y’all not make it just stay away

[@Aconitum_napellus]

"......A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon - so long as there is no answer to it - gives claws to the weak." -Orwell

[@caad5258]

Indeed. Eric Blair was an Anarchist, or at least sympathetic to anarchist critiques of power. But I don't think these switches would enable citizens to resist a tyrannical government any more effectively then Semi-automatics. The shots of the switch weapons are highly inaccurate, and probably pose more of a risk to the by-standers of a shooting then the intended target. Also US civil war would be incredibly one sided unless the military was divided.

[@blaw138]

“A fast hit is better than a faster miss.”

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

@@caad5258 Fudd lore, the options aren't semi vs psychotic hollywood mag dump. Automatic weapons are generally used in small bursts irl and all Glocks are closed bolt so shot 1 is exactly the same either way. The value of having 2 or so followups chase the 1st in a nanosecond is that it makes a lowly 9mm into a semi auto 12 gauge that fits in your waistband. As far as 'incredibly one sided,' tell that to the Taliban and Viet Cong because I don't think they got that particular memo.

[@caad5258]

@@johnnyshanksalot8358 So one key difference between Vietnam and Afghanistan, and a potential US Civil War. Vietnam was not an existential threat to the United States. A Civil War is. In both Vietnam and Afghanistan, the US never committed the number of troops necessary to fight the insurgents. Because both wars were politically unpopular. The insurgents won, because they were prepared to die for their country, and the US wasn't willing to sacrifice thousands of soldiers in order to achieve victory. That dynamic isn't present in a Civil War.

[@johnnyshanksalot8358]

@@caad5258 So they'd be in more fear and act brutally? Isn't that kinda the exact reaction that a hypothetical insurgent is trying to get in the first place? Provoking the big dumb machine into indiscriminately attacking and oppressing moderates and thereby growing a bigger invisible army with every passing day is guerrilla warfare 101. You or I might not think Vietnam was a threat in retrospect but internal documents show that they very much believed the domino theory, they 100% believed it to be a direct existential threat. They came very close to nuking it several times. The Vietnamese beat everyone, America was the 3rd 1st tier army they sent packing in as many decades using bodies, zipguns and bambu spikes. The only way to defeat them at that point was to wipe the whole gd country out instead of just the 25% that they did. If only someone in history had thought of throwing a lot of troops at Afghanistan lol? I believe it's been tried once or twice :P Civil wars have a great many disadvantages for power, they can't just lay waste, they're actually kinda f'd compared to a foreign campaign in a poor faraway land where they have free reign. And all the advantages go to the insurgent because keeping the peace and causing chaos are not equally easy, it's a million times easier/cheaper to tear expensive/complex things down than it is to keep them running. You'll also never go broke betting on government incompetence. They're not impressive people, that's why they work in government instead of making real money in the private sector.

[@erikjohnson1412]

Maybe if the atf didn’t illegally tax this right… it would be a different story. Crime still gonna crime either way.

[@RPGzus]

Life uh, finds a way.