thaught thats what "puff" and "the magic dragon" were about ;->

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> At 03:24 AM 9/13/2004, Philip Stortz wrote:
> 
> >exactly!  in fact, i'd prefer criminals to have full auto weapons, they
> >run out of ammunition a lot quicker (there's only so much you can carry,
> >ammo is heavy, which is why military weapons have for some time been
> >moving to less powerful smaller/lighter ammo).  also, most of the m-16's
> >the military buys are semi auto and burst mode only, because they also
> >know that full auto just doesn't work.  in vietnam it was calculated
> >that on average 10,000 rounds of ammunition were fired for each kill! 
> 
> At that rate, they would have been better off, to fly over and 
> shove the ammo out the back on skids, hoping to squash the enemy. :)
> 
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