Is the uzi REALLY used by CRIMINALS

Question

or was it just a HOLLYWOOD thing? because i know in all of the action/crime movies, gangsters have UZI machine guns. what about REAL LIFE? was the UZI popular among criminals?

Answer 1

As for general street crime, I've seen a few criminal cases involving Uzi's, but it is not the weapon of choice.  One case involved a residential robbery with an uzi.

Answer 2

no Uzi's are terrible guns they don't have much power and they frequently jam

Answer 3

people do use them if thats what your asking. Ive seen Tech-9's more though.

Answer 4

it's a hollywood thing, no assault weapons are used regularly in crime, especially as costly as an uzi, now cheap tech 9s thats a bit different

Answer 5

The uzi itself never really was.  It has pistol power with lots of jams.  What many do is turn certain weapons into automatic machine guns which is highly illegal and dangerous.  I am not an NRA freak or anything so I do not know the names of all these guns but they are mostl likely some type of sub-machine guns.

Check this out...it might help: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submachine_...

Answer 6

The UZI is not popular by criminals.  It was made popular in NWA's **** the Police song back in th late 80's when Easy E's part sang " with a UZI or a AK"

Isreali arms started exporting this weapon because of the reputation for extreme reliability.  It can be dropped in mud, rinsed in salt water, and fire.  The parts are stamped and welded.  there are very few machined parts to drive the cost up.  It is chambered in the popular 9mm Para and the 45 ACP.

Most street thugs cannot shoot to save their lives.  They can barely hit paper targets past 15 yards.  The police can barely do better.  It is not because they don't know how to shoot, the adrenaline hampers your ability to calmly press the trigger.

Street thugs stick to guns that they can get their hands on.  Semi auto or revolvers are the most abundant to thugs because most do not shoot weapons that THEY legaly purchased.  Auto weapons are rare among the civian world (as a percentage of sales).  It is a pain in the *** to get the class three licence or tax stamp.

Back in the late 80's and early 90's Intertec Tec 9 had a forward magazine and long barrel.  It was essentially a submachine gun looking pistol.  It was made illegal in the state of maryland because it "looks" menacing.  Goes to show you how stupid dems are about guns.  All guns look menacing when viewed from the wrong end.

If I were a street thug with lots of money, my first pic of submachine guns would be an HK MP-7 or Styer Aug bullpup in 5.56mm.  But to make war againt the rival street gang, drive ups are the worst tactical method.  Why oh why don't they use long guns with good scopes?  Because the majority of thugs are egomaniac idiots.