Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => Politics => Topic started by: MillCreek on March 04, 2021, 03:22:28 PM
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/japans-gun-laws-worked-so-well-they-need-to-ban-crossbows
When the 'Walking Dead' first became popular, I was pricing crossbows like Darryl's, and I was surprised how expensive good crossbows were.
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This says it all
But human beings will always find ways to kill each other
They're coming for your rocks next.
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Now, the Japanese government is considering banning most people from buying, selling, or owning these semi-automatic bow and arrows.
The Japanese have semiautomatic crossbows now?
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I think there's a German(?) guy on YouTube that designs and builds semi automatic bows and crossbows. His video's show enough to recreate the designs.
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I think there's a German(?) guy on YouTube that designs and builds semi automatic bows and crossbows. His video's show enough to recreate the designs.
Jorg Sprave, "https://www.youtube.com/c/Slingshotchannel/"
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Yes I'm familiar with Jorg Sprave's crossbow designs, but I don't think those are what the Japanese are going after. It's more likely that Jake Adelstein does not understand what "semiautomatic" means.
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Yes I'm familiar with Jorg Sprave's crossbow designs, but I don't think those are what the Japanese are going after. It's more likely that Jake Adelstein does not understand what "semiautomatic" means.
Yeah, I got the sense that to the author "semiautomatic" means "pistol grip" and "scary looking".
And even Joerg Sprave's stuff isn't semiautomatic of course, because while he's got designs that have a magazine, there's no mechanism in any of his designs I'm aware of that load another arrow or bolt, or draw the bow without some kind of manual cocking or other user input.
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The Japanese have semiautomatic crossbows now?
Very semi and very un-automatic. Doing the math, the answer is.... single shot. But that doesn't sell newspapers and make Pelosi clutch her pearls.