>> Belt-fed machine guns are rare and not usually the weapon of choice of
>> street criminals. typically they are armed with handguns or a semi-auto
>> rifle.
> Why? Is it, because they're easier to get?

Because the alternative is heavy, and likely more difficult to find and
steal than a pistol or riffle.

> Why would they shoot you if you're unarmed?

Happens all the time.  They are strung out, impatient, or just don't care
about human life.  Folks who become criminals are not usually nice people.
Maybe in Germany they are, not here.

> Sheep don't "just stand there", sheep run away. And they do that, because
> running away gives them a better chance of survival.

These sheep are pretty tame.

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