I am very impressed with how much better metalstorm weapons are when compared<br>to cyclic mechanism weapons. These guns should be lighter, far more lethal and far<br>more reliable than the current generation of weapons - possibly cheaper too. <br>
<br>As such I wonder if any american citizens would consider buying these things, for<br>whatever reason americans buy these <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 12"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CDagon%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><link rel="themeData" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CDagon%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx"><link rel="colorSchemeMapping" href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CDagon%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml"><style>
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</style><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obelix"><s><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";" lang="EN-US">Obeliskses</span></s></a>, for any other reason than mass-hysteria, <br>
but you cant argue cultural preferances I suppose. <br><br>Is the reason that americans buy firearms and shotguns and pistols because these have <br>become culturally fixed archetypical shapes? Would a metalstorm gun be considered<br>
legal? Can a mom&pop business spring up making these things (and ammo required) <br>in a small shop, and sue the government to be allowed to sell them? I mean - a metalstorm<br>rifle <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT_d9-52D04">looks easier to build than a kalashnikov</a>. <br>
<br>How would a society where people buy metalstorm rifles and handguns be different from<br>the one you are in today. How lethal would these things evolve? (I think *very* lethal) -<br>how can metalstorm rifles be "hacked" for rate of fire, ammo lethality. Can these <br>
be installed on homebred robotics easily? <br><br>Anyone has a take on this? <br>