Doc Russia gives us a useful petition. It urges the government to sell used military M14s to the American citizen. For those in need of a history lesson on topic, the M14 rifle predated the M16 rifle. It is a thirty-caliber magazine-fed, gas operated shoulder weapon (7.62mm NATO, to be exact), and was the issue weapon when the USMC first deployed to Vietnam.
The military, in classic fashion, bought tons of these things even after the decision to replace it was made. They have been warhoused for thirty years. Doc estimates that, for every ten dollars the gov't charges per rifle, gov't revenues increase by about three million dollars. In addition, you make available at surplus prices a reliable, accurate rifle suitable for the whole range of civilian uses, from hunting to the defense of the home, to the execution--should some future terrorist attack or disaster require them--of militia duties. Although it is antiquated, it is NATO standard, and would be compatible with existing military stockpiles of ammunition.
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