A Further Commoditised Approach to Insurgencies

I say further, as insurgencies already treat the public as justifiable casualties - a sideshow, a statistic, a commodity.

If insurgents adopt 'hit and run' tactics, does it make sense for them to possess, utilise and discard disposable weapons?

By disposable weapons I mean a weapon where the mechanism and ammunition is combined as one unit, with no possibility to replace the ammo or to maintain and repair the loading and firing mechanism. This would literally be a case of 'fire and throwaway'.

Having hit a target, the attackers can go on the run, having discarded their weapons, leaving them free to mingle with passers-by in a densely populated urban environment.

Once emptied and discarded, insurgents know that the weapons cannot be used against them. Being disposable with no chance for maintenance or reloading, they can be manufactured with lower grade materials and be simpler and cheaper to manufacture.

Gun makers, gun runners and gunmen don't value life, so surely it's a matter of time before disposable technology is used in this manner.

You bet someone is seriously thinking about this already, and that's very troubling.