I hate the AWB - Assault Weapons Ban - but I have made an interesting observation that is counter intuitive to the intensions of the creators of those bad laws.
<Edit: Would have come out eventually> 1. The "pocket rocket" subcompact Glocks came about due to the AWB. The limit for capacity back during the federal ban was 10 rounds. Glock wanted to make a powerful and compact firearm that would be legal. Glock 17's are great and hold 17 rounds, but could not make legal 17 rounds magazines anymore. I have read (but unable to cite) that the G26 and G27 came about just because of the AWB. Perhaps that subcompacts would not have come about when they did if not for the AWB.
<Edit: Debunked> 2. One criteria for the AWB is the forbidden flash hider. The ATF does allow muzzle brakes, however. Modern muzzle brakes make rifles more accurate because they control recoil and muzzle rise. This allows for faster target reacquisition after firing a shot because there is little recoil. I am sure that the anti-gun legislators would much rather have gunners with flash hiders than more accurate rifles- if they knew that muzzle brakes would come about.
<Edit: Debunked>3. The AWB forbids magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. Well, an unintended consequence was that all gunners who train only train with 10 rounds magazines. So now we all can run our guns dry and do reloads faster than if we did not train for that. Think of how lazy people would be if our guns held 17 rounds during training. Who would want to learn to do reloads rapidly unless you must?
If anybody has other positive, yet unintended consequences, of the AWB or other crappy laws- please chime in. It would be a good project for a good writer to research and develop on this topic.
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Thank you all for contributing to this thread. I have learned a lot from your posts.
<Edit: Would have come out eventually> 1. The "pocket rocket" subcompact Glocks came about due to the AWB. The limit for capacity back during the federal ban was 10 rounds. Glock wanted to make a powerful and compact firearm that would be legal. Glock 17's are great and hold 17 rounds, but could not make legal 17 rounds magazines anymore. I have read (but unable to cite) that the G26 and G27 came about just because of the AWB. Perhaps that subcompacts would not have come about when they did if not for the AWB.
<Edit: Debunked> 2. One criteria for the AWB is the forbidden flash hider. The ATF does allow muzzle brakes, however. Modern muzzle brakes make rifles more accurate because they control recoil and muzzle rise. This allows for faster target reacquisition after firing a shot because there is little recoil. I am sure that the anti-gun legislators would much rather have gunners with flash hiders than more accurate rifles- if they knew that muzzle brakes would come about.
<Edit: Debunked>3. The AWB forbids magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. Well, an unintended consequence was that all gunners who train only train with 10 rounds magazines. So now we all can run our guns dry and do reloads faster than if we did not train for that. Think of how lazy people would be if our guns held 17 rounds during training. Who would want to learn to do reloads rapidly unless you must?
If anybody has other positive, yet unintended consequences, of the AWB or other crappy laws- please chime in. It would be a good project for a good writer to research and develop on this topic.
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Thank you all for contributing to this thread. I have learned a lot from your posts.
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