[Double Tap]

Ever heard the name Garand? How about Browning? How about Stoner?

What do these names have in common?

They were all civilians that developed machine guns and small arms technology and then sold the designs to the military.

With the present laws in place, that will never happen again, ever.

[HamiltonJay]

Not true in the least, you think private companies today aren't working on designs for military application? Please. You are proving my point. Innovation is driven by military need, not generally by civilian need, because face it, the military is the single largest purchaser of weapons. 1 order to the military can make or break a company, and you are proving my point.

If you think today there are not private individuals or companies doing R&D on new weapons specifically with the intent to try to get military acceptance I think you are very very wrong.