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Subject: 
Re: Handgun Death Rate
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 20 Jul 2001 15:24:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Fully automatic weapons are banned - you can't buy them for any amount of
money (legally).

Not at all, and this has never been so.  (I would point that even if inferior
'laws' stated that, they would be negated by the constitution, but that's not
really my point at this time.)

You can buy semi-automatic versions of the same weapons
*and* legally buy the parts to upgrade them to fully automatic.  Or at least
used to - it's not something I keep up on.

Or so my understanding goes - don't base your purchasing habits on what I • said.
:-)

See http://www.atf.treas.gov/regulations/27cfr178.htm for the details.

Chris



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(...) Fwoosh - that's way too much to wade through. I found another site that condensed it more to the essentials. 10 states prohibit the sale of fully-automatic weapons (machine-guns) entirely. The rest may or may not have some retrictions, and (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) This is an interesting point, but I think it can be avoided if it is a Federal test, not a state or other local test. Since the test should be done in conjunction with the training course, there shouldn't be a problem: if it ain't in the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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