'Automatic' machine guns?

Found at Uncles, this story on those extra-dangerous automatic machine guns:

Two men terrified a Plaid Pantry clerk in Southeast Portland by pointing an automatic machine gun and demanding money from the cash register.

Ah .... so they 'terrified' the clerk. That's how they knew it was an automatic machine gun, 'cuz automatic machine guns are extra-evil looking (LRRH-Grandma, what an automatic machine gun you have! BBW-The better to terrorize you with, my dear! Muahahahahaha!)

And these people vote, dude!

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