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OneTenthofOnePercent

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19. If you have the proper paperwork in order...
Sat Jan 19, 2013, 07:16 AM
Jan 2013

yes. The tank itself is nothing more than an expensive vehicle. The cannon would be a NFA regulated "Destructive Device" (a non-shotgun firearm over .510 in caliber with a rifled bore), the M-2 .50cal topside gun would have to be a transferable NFA regulated "machinegun", the M-2 .50cal ammo is not restricted, and each of the main-gun artillery shells would qualify as NFA "Destructive Device" (and meet explosive ordinance safe storage requirements).

Each regulated NFA item requires an ATF Form 4 to be filled out, a $200 excise tax to be paid, and then you just have to wait for the approvals. I once saw a 90mm Recoilless Rifle artillery cannon for sale for $90,000 along with a Dillon 7.62 "Minigun" for sale for $200,000. Yes civilians can own these things LEGALLY and use them as well given a safe (large) private environment - all it takes is money patience and the right paperwork.

And did you know there are NO restrictions on smoothbore cannons? You can build your own cannon, load bowling balls into it, and launch them over a 1/2 mile all day long!

And yet the distinction between powder tattoos and abrasion rings is lost on them. Robb Jan 2013 #1
Lost on me as well. Whovian Jan 2013 #3
It is? Recursion Jan 2013 #16
As Bob Dylan said Berserker Jan 2013 #2
What I think you need to understand, my friend, is that correct terminology and definitions are key in SayWut Jan 2013 #4
Aren't we lucky you're here to splain this all to us. Squinch Jan 2013 #6
Well, insult aside, from what I've been reading here lately, I might as well go to my SayWut Jan 2013 #9
This Is An On-Line Talk Site. It Is Not A Senate Mark-Up Session. Paladin Jan 2013 #20
You mean instead of "thingie that holds lots o'bullets," call it "that mag thingie"? nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #5
Yes... And They Apparently Don't Understand That There Has Been Gun Control For Many Decades Now... WillyT Jan 2013 #7
Yes you can own a tank. All it takes is the want, and money. oneshooter Jan 2013 #11
Does It Come With All The Machine-Gun Ammunition, And The Cannon Artillery ??? WillyT Jan 2013 #12
Escalating ongoing disputes with the city parking authority? Robb Jan 2013 #13
If you have the proper paperwork in order... OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #19
If you want something that will go bang, try this. oneshooter Jan 2013 #30
Yes, in fact, people CAN own most of those things. beevul Jan 2013 #17
You can talk about gun control in whatever terms you want, but if you want to write petronius Jan 2013 #8
and that is why our elected legislators have knowledgeable staffs and the committees to which CTyankee Jan 2013 #22
We are not legislators (mostly), but we are discussing what we think policy ought to look like petronius Jan 2013 #34
Well, I probably should know more about many of the finer points on this administration's CTyankee Jan 2013 #35
Well of course the reason for this is that if the folks discussing gun control on DU don't Squinch Jan 2013 #10
heh annabanana Jan 2013 #26
Its a pretty simple chain... ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #14
Get Your Story Straight, Professor. Paladin Jan 2013 #21
It is quite straight ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #32
Lose The Condescension. Paladin Jan 2013 #36
PKB ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #37
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Yavin's Hide. Agschmid Jan 2013 #31
Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #38
It's important not to have "shoulder thing that goes up" moments Recursion Jan 2013 #15
From the responses: Point made. Whovian Jan 2013 #18
Yes indeed etherealtruth Jan 2013 #24
But then again not understanding firearms is what made the AWB nearly useless aikoaiko Jan 2013 #23
The General Public Is Never Going to Have An Encyclopedic Understanding of Firearm Tech Yavin4 Jan 2013 #25
The knowledge is needed by those trying to legislate more than the public in general ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #33
No. But nice try. geckosfeet Jan 2013 #27
I find it interesting Duckhunter935 Jan 2013 #29
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