9th Circuit Court Panel Ends California Ban On High-Capacity Magazines

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26. It's actually pretty easy

SAMs and Anti-tank weaponry are rocket propelled and continue to provide thrust as they travel to the target / run out of fuel. If you bring artillery into the discussion, like a howitzer or canon, those are area of effect weapons that provide indirect fire and are appropriately classified as 'artillery' and not 'arms.'

All of these weapons are crew served, and requires a tremendous amount of skill to load, store, and fire accurately / safely. One of the smaller field artillery pieces used by the Army, the M102 105mm howitzer, requires a crew of 8 to operate.

The ATF classifies many of these items as 'destructive devices' and they do give out licenses to private individuals to own and operate them. They are, however, prohibitively expensive with a 105mm round costing over $400. A single hellfire anti-tank missile, which is unavailable to the public, costs the government over $100k. A Javelin anti-tank missile, which would be more useful to a single dude wanting to fuck some shit up (though also unavailable to the public), costs $200k for 1 missile and the launcher.