"Its scary that people have them"...
No. It is scary when CRIMINALS have them, but then, CRIMINALS will have them even when they are illegal.
It is actually comforting when a LAW ABIDING CITIZEN has one.
A friend of mine brought one up for the weekend to fire on my personal shooting range. While it did not have the power of my .300WSM, it was a really nice weapon. I wish I had one. Actually, I wish I had a 40 round clip on my Browning .300WSM because it has less recoil and more power.
Apparently not to the police or the writer of this particular bit of dog squeeze.
Perhaps you could reconcile "less recoil and more power" with common physics. Seems an oxymoronic statement. Look at the definitions of momentum, impulse and power.
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