The future of handguns: will we ever get any fundamental changes?

[Overload]

I want to followup on something that both Tom and TAB touched on.  The law will have an effect on hangun development.  After the 1994 law choking magazine capacity to 10 rounds, we saw a bunch of smaller pistols that were designed to hold 10 rounds.  I heard them called Clinton Guns.  Wonder why we don't have more pistol caliber carbines?  It's partially due to it being illegal to have shoulder stocks and barrels of less than 16" on the same gun.  If mufflers are made fully legal again, prices will come down and we'll see even more innovation.

[fightingquaker13]

Toms right about suppressors. The only thing that drive that is a collision between noise ordinances and a large constituency wanting to shoot. Unless the pitch can be made the devices are no diffeent than car mufflers, a way to be polite to the neighbors, people will see them as James Bond style assasins tools. The Fudds will be silent as well, as they see them as unsporting poachers tools. It would still be fun to have one, but the regs, expense and short life expectancy of the things means I won't own one until I can either buy it at Wall Mart or Tom gets elected.
FQ13, who means no offense Tom, just being prepared.

[tombogan03884]

Toms right about suppressors. The only thing that drive that is a collision between noise ordinances and a large constituency wanting to shoot. Unless the pitch can be made the devices are no diffeent than car mufflers, a way to be polite to the neighbors, people will see them as James Bond style assasins tools. The Fudds will be silent as well, as they see them as unsporting poachers tools. It would still be fun to have one, but the regs, expense and short life expectancy of the things means I won't own one until I can either buy it at Wall Mart or Tom gets elected.
FQ13, who means no offense Tom, just being prepared.

It will be part of my Environmental policy  .
But seriously, Before the NFA suppressors were standard equipment for the shooting galleries at Coney Island and else where, as well as being used to shoot rodents in the cities without scaring the neighbors.

[twyacht]

I wonder how the ATF would classify plasma??? and consider it evil?  It's OK in televisions....

[PegLeg45]

I wonder how the ATF would classify plasma??? and consider it evil?  It's OK in televisions....

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