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? asked in Politics & GovernmentLaw & Ethics · 8 years ago

Do people who want to ban "assault weapons" have any idea what would still be legal?

Current you can purchase the following weapons legally in the US. A Thompson Submachine Gun like the one used in the St. Valentines Day Massacre. Silencers (real name suppressors), .30 caliber machine guns like those used by the US in Vietnam, .50 cal machine guns, include one that was used for antiaircraft fire which is really 4 .50 cal machines that fire at the same time about 2400 rounds a minute ( watch movie WaterWorld with Kevin Costner they use one in the movie) Grenade launchers, maxim machine guns, This is only a short list of guns that would continue to be legal to own and sell. So just how is banning semiautomatic guns which are just like a regular hunting rifles except they have a plastic pistol style hand grip and a retractable stock going to make you safer?

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Couple of commentors say they want all the weapons mentioned above banned, the point is they are not under any consideration to be banned and they haven't been for over 80 years. So if we can live for 80 years with people having machine guns why is it you think we need to band semi auto guns. Especially since they are used in less than 3% gun deaths according to statistics.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Yes but you have to pay a transfer tax along with this transfer tax is the right for the ATF to enter your home to inspect said weapons with no notice and most of the devices you've mentioned are incredibly expensive due to their scarcity. Any machine gun that can be privately owned has to have been manufactured and registered for private use prior to May, 1986. You don't just go to the quad 50 store a browse the models I challenge you to show us a list of fully auto medium and heavy machine guns for sale to civilians even fully auto Tommy guns are hard to come by.

    To become a registered owner, a complete FBI background investigation is conducted, checking for any criminal history or tendencies toward violence, and an application must be submitted to the ATF including two sets of fingerprints, a recent photo, a sworn affidavit that transfer of the NFA firearm is of "reasonable necessity," and that sale to and possession of the weapon by the applicant "would be consistent with public safety." The application form also requires the signature of a chief law enforcement officer with jurisdiction in the applicant's residence. Twenty-five states have no further restrictions on civilian ownership of machine guns (some require registration with the state) than what is required by federal law. Other states have either placed further restrictions or outlawed operable machine guns to civilians entirely.

  • 8 years ago

    All of those weapons should be completely lawful for anyone to carry, as provided in the Second Amendment. The NFA and GCA should be repealed or invalidated immediately as unconstitutional.

    To paraphrase the US Supreme Court, in a 1935 case about a sawed-off shotgun, "only weapons that have a military use are covered by the Second Amendment."

  • beisch
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    A further technique to ask the unique same query: Do you aid use of fines, weapons, badges handcuffs and prisons to implement a monopoly for the violent crook classification, giving them exceptional alternate in distinct general firearms politically labeled as "assault weapons?"

  • 8 years ago

    And out of that list, which takes a great deal of time/money/permits and taxes to achieve - not to mention that in six or seven states full-auto weapons are illegal - exactly how many of these weapons have been used in a crime in the last ten years?

  • 8 years ago

    I don't care what "genre" of gun it is. Assault, light, sub, who gives a ****? If it can kill 20 people in a few seconds, I want it banned.

    I don't care about hunting rifles.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    8 years ago

    Let me be completely clear: All of those things you mentioned should be illegal for civilian purchase.

  • Allan
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    All that stuff you mentioned.

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