Modified guns like the one used in Sun Prairie shooting are unusual but easy to make (barf alert)

Wisconsin State Journal ^ | 28 Dec 2020 | Chris Rickert

[rellimpank]

--as usual , the media leaves you curious--

[rktman]

Pffttt! 3D printer and viola, Ma deuce. Simple.

[Dutch Boy]

It’s not the tool, it’s the operator.

[Mariner]

One has to be real stupid to modify a perfectly good handgun into something nobody can hang on to.

Thus the bullets everywhere.

[SkyDancer]

Right. Airplane accident, pilot; car accident, driver; shooting, gun.

[marktwain]

Oreo gangbangers, black and white.

[myerson]

Glock 19 selector removable switch.

[fireman15]

I didn't find much in the article that was misleading or biased by today's standards. There are specific firearms that are “easy” to convert to “automatic” if you desire to spend time in a federal facility where you will receive free food and lodging along with a planned itinerary. A person at our gun club who was an expert and was giving a class for police officers found that out the hard way. He forgot to swap the normal parts back into a gun that he had been “experimenting” with and that he brought along with him for the class.

Although my wife and I know people with licensed automatic firearms and heavy military equipment... personally, it takes me too much time to assemble cartridges to enjoy blowing through a large amount in a very short period of time. And when it comes to large scale weaponry, we had a friend who was killed with another guy when they had a breech block failure in the WWII vintage “tank destroyer” they were enjoying a sunny afternoon blowing up car hulks. Each one of those cartridges litterally cost about $100 to put together... and they can kill you if something goes wrong.

[G Larry]

The only danger from a full auto handgun is to the ceiling.

[L,TOWM]

MAC -10’s, TEC-9’s, and Uzi’s got the same vibe happening... aim really, really low and a couple of slugs might make contact with the target.

[sasquatch]

Full to empty in what, .2 seconds?

[Drew68]

Trentin G. Holsten, 19, of Necedah, is charged as a party to the crime. According to a criminal complaint, the man who was targeted in the shooting is the father of a woman Holsten used to date.

What a charmer. I can't imagine why dad didn't want his daughter dating this fellow. Clearly, he's a keeper.

[ExSES]

One has to be real stupid to modify a perfectly good handgun into something nobody can hang on to. Thus the bullets everywhere.

Reminds me of a match 50+ years ago in Ft. Myers, FL. The fellow next to me had his "Highly Tuned" Colt pistol go full auto, putting several holes through the roof of the range as the pistol climbed! Luckily, no one was injured but I suspect that he left trigger modifications to a professional thereafter!

[Dead Corpse]

While I do not disapprove of tattoos in general, as a means of personal and/or religious expression...

People who get face/neck tats like this kid are pretty much hanging an “I’m a douche-bag” sign around their necks.

[Dead Corpse]

Having fired an actual, and registered, G18 before... Keeping things relatively on target isn’t that hard...

As long as your firearm is set up correctly for it and you know what you are doing. Barrel porting, compensators, muzzle brakes, or other recoil management devices go a long way to keeping things safe and relatively on target.

Not things you would expect from a gang-banger with his “gat” though...

[circlecity]

A full auto handgun? I’m surprised he didn’t hit some birds.

[W.]

John Dillinger had a .45 Automatic modded to full auto. It had a 30-round mag and a vertical foregrip from a M1921 Thompson submachine pistol. How his gunsmith did that I don’t have a clue... I saw pics of it long ago.

[DesertRhino]

I think his was 38 super.

[Magnum44]

[from occupied ga]

Tattoos - especially neck tats - are very useful. They identify people who aren’t worth interacting with.