are automatic guns legal in america ?

garyd · Jan 17, 2013

What creates black markets are idiots trying to stuff one aspect of the tech market or the other back in the bottle or to tax hell out of it.

Casper · Jan 17, 2013

Texsdrifter said: ↑

There is a permit process that would allow it. The weapons are extremely expensive so not available to average Americans. The rich can have whatever they want. I would imagine even in your country they have weapons. Just the common people can not.
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Legally speaking, wink wink.

Natty Bumpo · Jan 17, 2013

CharlieChalk said: ↑

cause I saw this thing like a gun celebration day somewhere out in the desert or whatever and they were shooting like jeep mounted 50 calibre machine guns how the hell did they get stuff like that
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Boisterous, sand-assaulting beduins cavorting, perchance? Weird.

Automatic weapons can be regulated, of course, as are all rights delineated in the US Constitution, and permission depends upon the particulars of the weaponry, the locale, and the specific circumstances.

Federally, machine guns and "destructive devices" (a bazooka would be a destructive device) require registration with the BATFE under the National Firearms Act. For each weapon, you must submit an application, a set of fingerprints, a photograph of yourself, and a $200 payment. BATFE may take up to six months or more to approve your first application, although subsequent applications will go through quicker. It isn't as bad as it sounds though - if you're thinking about buying don't let the paperwork discourage you.

In addition, machine guns that were manufactured after 1986 cannot be sold to regular civilians. This means that the supply of machine guns that you're allowed to buy is fixed, and the result is that they're expensive. Mac-10s generally go for about $5000, depending on condition. An M-16 will be at least $10000.

The 1986 limitation only applies to machine guns, not destructive devices, silencers, short-barreled rifles, or any of the other weapons regulated by the National Firearms Act. So you can legally buy a silencer that was manufactured in 2007 or a grenade launcher from 1996.

Now, that was just the federal laws. Some states have have their own additional restrictions. For example, Connecticut bans select fire machine guns but allows all other NFA items. In Vermont, silencers are banned but all other NFA items are allowed. Your home state probably also has its own set of explosives laws, so even if you owned a bazooka or grenade launcher, you might not be able to own the ammunition or there might be special regulations about how you store it (or owning the ammunition may require an explosives license issued by the state).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wbardwel/public/nfalist/nfa_faq.txt
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CharlieChalk · Jan 17, 2013

no it was rich rednecks having a big party in the desert, they had an unmanned cessna like remote controlled or whatever and they were all shooting at that with these massive machine guns

Nightmare515 · Jan 17, 2013

CharlieChalk said: ↑

no it was rich rednecks having a big party in the desert, they had an unmanned cessna like remote controlled or whatever and they were all shooting at that with these massive machine guns
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Sounds like a blast. I love living in a country where we can do things like that.

CharlieChalk · Jan 17, 2013

youd love somalia

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