Under the NFA, it is illegal for any private civilian to own any fully automatic weapons manufactured after May 19, 1986. Only certain types of gun manufacturers may make them, and then only for purchase by qualified state and federal agencies. There are no exceptions.
USAFisnumber1
Actually the ban on full auto has not been challenged in the Supreme Court.
u_bin_called
The 2nd Amendment is based on the Age of Enlightenment notion that humans possessed the innate rights of self defense and self sufficiency. One of the oldest principles of Constitutional law, however, is the notion that one person's rights end when they infringe upon the rights of others.
In arguments related to personal arms, the key factor is the potential for indiscriminate damage and danger for those in the immediate area. This is the same principle as applied to things like hand grenades and bazookas.
In short, your right to defend yourself against an attacker or target a particular animal as game should not infringe upon the reasonable rights of those in the same general area to their own personal safety and property.
jeeper_peeper321
automatic weapons are not banned
silly liberals ought to learn what the actual gun laws are, before embarassing themselves here.
Anonymous
Ironically Texas is trying to prevent a gun store from selling AK47s. Second amendment
Anonymous
It is constitutional to ban either.