The FN FS2000. I learned about it from this guy on youtube, Hickok45

Yes, he IS making a toy. He COULD make a weapon, but he’s been discouraged from doing so.

It’s almost giggle-worthy that the modern solutions didn’t require nuclear physics, electronics, or changes in metallurgy - just more clever springs and pistons, things they COULD have done, but merely hadn’t thought of.

That’s awesome!!!

Hey, I’m not saying he should be able to just go out and sell any ramshackle thing he cobbles together in his garage, I’m just saying he shouldn’t feel constrained from even possessing his own prototype.

Oh, no I have not shot the FS2000, that’s more on the wish-list end of things.

Actually yes, I’ve shot both the AUG and an M-16 together on the same day before. The AUG was far more ergonomic, lighter weight, easier to hold steady for an extended period and I was quite taken with the little circular built in sight. I know the M-16 is last-gen, so I’m not going to comment on it relative to the…

For personal use, I 100% agree with you, it’s a fine hobbyist toy with lots of fun customization options and enough variants that the entry level prices are very reasonable.

Don’t try to big-shot me, you don’t know me or what I know. Your absurd and unfounded claim that all around reliability has been the primary reason for maintaining a 60+ year govt buying relationship with Colt is laughable and offensive. Cite ANY facts or shut up.

It’s harder to find justifications for the AR than justifications for scrapping it completely. It’s a fine gun if it’s not compared to ANY other gun. I’ve seen way too many tests in which the AR comes out dead last relative to the competition in every possible way, but it remains the primary military platform because…

I feel like Americans can do more than doll up a substandard gun like that. In the auto industry alone, we’ve got innovators creating new cars from scratch like Tesla and Local Motors. Americans should be free to experiment more and craft their own guns. We’ve got more innovation in beer brewing than gun crafting…

I’m kinda taken aback here. This is the 2nd comment that completely missed the point. This man is a craftsman that COULD have innovated but did NOT due to restrictions in laws. Once again - see my reference to “Hello Kitty AR-15”. That’s how I feel about this. With the amount of time and effort this guy put into this…

That...is my point.

I’m kinda upset that this much ingenuity is so heavily constrained by laws that...I can’t really fathom the purpose of. Seems like basically the next big thing in gun design is not going to be in the hands of independent inventors in America anyway. It’s no wonder the Europeans have all the zaniest new designs, while…

I love how morons like you think you have the authority to make hyperbole declarations about anything you disagree with. It’s idiots like you that ruin the civil discourse of politics in this country. Rather than discussing the shades of gray we all live in, a fool has to step in, set an arbitrary personal line in the…

I actually read what Socialism is and what Socialist Democracy is. You’re the one blurring the lines and declaring the rest of the world wrong. What is wrong with your reality comprehension?

I think you need to contact Merriam Webster and Wikipedia immediately sir. You are brimming with news that the rest of the world is unaware of. As reality is your domain to dictate, is there any other area in which you’d like to make changes? Perhaps gravity is no longer real, or you’d like to discuss the firmament?

So you have no clue. Cool.

If you don’t know the difference between Socialist Democracy and Socialism I think you’d better step back from criticizing anyone else’s education. Wikipedia alone would give you a better knowledge set than what you currently possess.

Exactly where does “civics” end and Socialism begin though? Who owns the military barracks? Who owns the tanks? Who owns the planes and the ships? Exxon, Walmart, Wal Street or “The American People”?