Thread: Automatic weapons

Should automatic weapons be legal?

They are legal. Licensing requirements are stiff and expensive but one can own a fully auto weapon.

(N2) May machine guns be transferred from one registered owner to another? [Back]
Yes. If the machine gun was lawfully registered and possessed before May 19, 1986, it may be transferred pursuant to an approved ATF Form 4.
[18 U.S.C. 922(o)(2), 26 U.S.C. 5812]

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The more appropriate question is why would a civilian need a full auto capable firearm?

Originally Posted by Bourne

They are legal. Licensing requirements are stiff and expensive but one can own a fully auto weapon.



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The more appropriate question is why would a civilian need a full auto capable firearm?

Why do government employees need full auto capable firearms?:whistling:

Originally Posted by Defensor

Why do government employees need full auto capable firearms?:whistling:

Because the bad guys have them and you want to match their firepower. As the saying goes, "Only an idiot brings a knife to a gunfight."

Originally Posted by Bourne

Because the bad guys have them and you want to match their firepower. As the saying goes, "Only an idiot brings a knife to a gunfight."

So there's the answer to your question.

Originally Posted by Bourne

They are legal. Licensing requirements are stiff and expensive but one can own a fully auto weapon.



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The more appropriate question is why would a civilian need a full auto capable firearm?

The question is, why not.

A few friends and my self had collectors licenses, we could and did own fully auto weapons, this is when I lived in SLC, I lived there for 23 years, anyway it was a fun way to spend the afternoon. I quit updating my license when I got into hang gliding. Who knows one day I might get it back.

Originally Posted by Defensor

So there's the answer to your question.

No, it doesn't. Your question referenced government employees and I tailored my response accordingly. It doesn't define why a civilian would need a full auto weapon.

Originally Posted by Bourne

No, it doesn't. Your question referenced government employees and I tailored my response accordingly. It doesn't define why a civilian would need a full auto weapon.

Because the bad guys (government) have them and you want to match their firepower. As the saying goes, "Only an idiot brings a knife to a gunfight."

Originally Posted by Defensor

Because the bad guys (government) have them and you want to match their firepower. As the saying goes, "Only an idiot brings a knife to a gunfight."

Taking another journey down the rabbit hole of irrationality there D.?

Originally Posted by Bourne

Taking another journey down the rabbit hole of irrationality there D.?

You are calling your own statement irrational?