"I don't understand what the point would be buying a ridiculously expensive and difficult to obtain automatic rifle, when you can just as easily by a $400 Ar15 and bump-fire it."

"Well, first of all, that should not BE an issue, since the United States (which, when if comes to firearms, is the most permissive in the First World) does not allow civilians to own automatics; Semi-autos are fine, and another subject.
Some states, however, do not allow the AR-15 because of the configuration of the gun; It’s puel a style over substance debate, of course, but the morons that scream loudest managed to lie, cheat, and bribe their way into convincing (or threatening) the various state legislators into banning “specific” designs (the AR-15 being top of their hit list). I actually watched a “news” report of this tiny little girl, buck fifty soaking wet at a t-shit contest with jackets “fire” an AK-47 on fully automatic (can’t fake that part) FROM THE HIP and it SEEMED stable; Until you looked at the video a second, very careful, time, and you realized she’d run a pair of CABLES from the barrel to the ground in an attempt to defraud the public (it held the barrel down, all she had to do was hold the but down with her body weight and it “looked” like she’d really made her point).
Ironically, enough, the AK-Series is effectively OFF the ban list, since they came up with configs that keep them essentially (functionally) unchanged, and still meet the ban criteria."

"HeavenlySword: Yes andy, we know 90%, no, 95% of politicians will milk anything for votes and/or money."