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23. It was the machine gun act of 1934 I believe,

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 09:07 PM

Jan 2013

that made it very hard for a private citizen to obtain a machine gun, but not impossible. It takes a federal transfer tax to be paid, criminal and IRS background checks and the signed permission of the local police chief in order to buy a fully automatic machine gun.
With that said, yes, true assault weapons that can go full auto cannot just be had at the local gun dealer. What can be bought by the public are exact copies of these military assault weapons that can only fire semi auto, or as fast as you can pull the trigger. These are what your Bushmasters, etc., are.

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Is it possible to buy a 155mm artillery piece on the market? [View all] kentuck Jan 2013 OP

well, they want their militia well armed..... spanone Jan 2013 #1

Can we please learn the state of gun laws before we complain? Recursion Jan 2013 #2

Have machine guns been banned also? kentuck Jan 2013 #3

functionally yes Duckhunter935 Jan 2013 #4

Can you hunt ducks with a machine gun? kentuck Jan 2013 #5

You could set up a machine gun in a duckblind. HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #6

How come? kentuck Jan 2013 #7

You've never fired a machine gun, have you? HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #10

Actually, I have. kentuck Jan 2013 #11

I think they had a vision of reality. HubertHeaver Jan 2013 #32

Yeah, that was the problem... kentuck Jan 2013 #37

50mm ? mwrguy Jan 2013 #56

LOL... raidert05 Jan 2013 #34

Burned out barrel... stoppage... bad stuff... Bigmack Jan 2013 #40

Nope, for that you need one of these: JoeyT Jan 2013 #50

On the class III form meanit Jan 2013 #8

But weren't "machine guns" declared illegal in the 1920's? kentuck Jan 2013 #9

no, actually, you can get them, it's very expensive dionysus Jan 2013 #12

No. Assault weapons are normal rifles that look like military guns Recursion Jan 2013 #13

No ..... oldhippie Jan 2013 #14

Then why are you answering. kentuck Jan 2013 #17

It was the machine gun act of 1934 I believe, meanit Jan 2013 #23

But aren't they rather easily fixed to fire automatic?? kentuck Jan 2013 #27

If you can obtain the parts meanit Jan 2013 #31

Do you have to have an extra part? kentuck Jan 2013 #33

Its a different mechanism. HooptieWagon Jan 2013 #35

I'm not sure meanit Jan 2013 #38

Most of them... raidert05 Jan 2013 #39

The legal parts themselves are registered as Class III weapons NickB79 Jan 2013 #55

machine guns are not illegal at all...just difficult and expensive to get a license. crazyjoe Jan 2013 #36

State of gun laws? Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2013 #18

Don't know about 155mm Crepuscular Jan 2013 #15

Pretty sure those were disabled (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #16

Don't think so Crepuscular Jan 2013 #26

Be sorta hard to get one of those in a schoolroom, though.. kentuck Jan 2013 #20

Doesn't Arnold Schwarzenneger own a tank? nt. thucythucy Jan 2013 #19

There's some Sherman Tanks in private hands TheMightyFavog Jan 2013 #24

have a rich uncle? d_r Jan 2013 #41

Why don't you just stick with small arms like AR's and AK's ileus Jan 2013 #21

I am just curious to where the NRA would draw the line? kentuck Jan 2013 #22

ICBM's with nuke warheads. Only one per household. Scuba Jan 2013 #25

Sounds about right. kentuck Jan 2013 #28

With a Walmart voucher! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #52

I think they support the line as it was drawn in 1934 hack89 Jan 2013 #42

A mile? bluedigger Jan 2013 #29

Been a long time since I was in an artillery unit.. kentuck Jan 2013 #30

There were a lot of posts I wanted to avoid GP6971 Jan 2013 #43

Best wishes to your son from a 2nd ACR vet. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #47

This guy is selling one. TexasPaganDem Jan 2013 #44

The breech block is missing. oneshooter Jan 2013 #46

This 90mm T8 is/was for sale oneshooter Jan 2013 #49

Good lord. A bag gun Recursion Jan 2013 #51

An operating howitzer is considered a Destructive Device jmowreader Jan 2013 #45

Let me know if you get one. Adsos Letter Jan 2013 #48

There are people who own personal tanks, jet fighters, and prop bombers Major Nikon Jan 2013 #53

Surely the FF pondered that. moondust Jan 2013 #54