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Originally Posted by Excalibur
Were these "M4s" full auto in the episode?
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Yes. One of the boys (the last one they don't catch beforehand) uses an M4 in a mall shooting at the end of the episode, and it's fired on full-auto. Of course, despite the fact that they have only their sidearms, they still manage to take him down.
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Originally Posted by Excalibur
But let's put that aside. Say a sporting goods store DID sell AR-15s and they looked like M4s, as in stock, carrying handle, receivers, and barrel length being close enough. I don't think stores are allowed to sell anything shorter than 16in barrels.
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Of course not. A rifle with a barrel under 16" (or 26" overall length) would be an SBR, and therefore regulated by the NFA. The M4s used in the episode of "The Closer" had 14.5" barrels.
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And let's say this fictional store just sells a standard 16in barrel length. These are teenagers. They couldn't have legally bought rifles unless they are 18, which I am assuming the episode is implying they are not
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I think one of them was 18. I don't remember.
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Originally Posted by Excalibur
And body armor? Did the episode say how they get those?
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No. I'm assuming that the idiots who wrote the episode figured that they could have got the vests from the sporting goods store, too.
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Originally Posted by predator20
Also were they supposed to be rich kids?
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Middle class, maybe upper-middle class. Not like filthy rich.