Re: End of the M16

And lo, it came about, that on 22 Nov 2003 20:10:34 -0700 in talk.politics.guns
, Melissa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was inspired to utter:

>> http://tinyurl.com/w5r9
>> 
>> The good news is they've figured out that the M-16 is too big for
>> mechanized infantry. The bad news is the only currently available
>> alternative is the M4....the same mechanism with a shorter barrel.
>
>They should go to the AK-47. :-) 
>
>But they probably won't. Instead they'll spend billions on research and 
>then probably come up with a new rifle that costs $10,000 each, and outfit 
>them all with it. And of course then flaws will come up with that.

        It will be designed by a committee and vetted by the "Ofensensitivity
Coalition" to make sure it doesn't look "evil".  I see Day-glo colors, audible
indicators if the gun is not in a safe mode, a bell to warn you when you have
fired the last bullet in the ten round magazine, a GPS device and a joystick to
select targeting options.  Oh yes, and it doesn't have a loud report (so as to
not damage the hearing of bystanders.)
        It will be safe.

tschus
pyotr


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