Anybody that wants a real full auto weapon can pony up the money and get one...average cost for an M16A4 is in the 25 K range...:) Only half the price of a used bass boat...:)

Regardless of their practical uses, the travesty in this was:

1 - the precedent that was set (well, almost) by making something illegal ex post facto and not giving fair compensation for it.
2 - multiple sections of the constitution being disregarded
3 - that so many people think Trump was on the side of gunowners yet still made a decision to attempt to disregard the Constitution with instructions to the AG to find a way to get them banned.

Agreed, this is the same route as the Pistol brace issue. It's a joke. It's something previously approved that was then tried to make illegal after the fact... Just like the Pistol Brace, the bumpstocks and "wavier" of a atf fee is a foot in the door to registering guns... How long till they back it off again and then come back for it knowing where you are. Not to mention to own machine guns you have to have a special license from the ATF that also leaves you open to random inspections from the ATF last I checked... Tired of the governemt approving things and then making law abiding citizens criminals by going back and banning it after the fact.

Regardless of their practical uses, the travesty in this was:

1 - the precedent that was set (well, almost) by making something illegal ex post facto and not giving fair compensation for it.
2 - multiple sections of the constitution being disregarded
3 - that so many people think Trump was on the side of gunowners yet still made a decision to attempt to disregard the Constitution with instructions to the AG to find a way to get them banned.

I believe that if you are willing to pony up for a full auto manufactured prior to 1968, you only need the $200 tax stamp, same as a suppressor. However, if you want one that was manufactured after 1968, then you have to have an FFL SOT licence that opens you up to inspections just like any other FFL.

Agreed, this is the same route as the Pistol brace issue. It's a joke. It's something previously approved that was then tried to make illegal after the fact... Just like the Pistol Brace, the bumpstocks and "wavier" of a atf fee is a foot in the door to registering guns... How long till they back it off again and then come back for it knowing where you are. Not to mention to own machine guns you have to have a special license from the ATF that also leaves you open to random inspections from the ATF last I checked... Tired of the governemt approving things and then making law abiding citizens criminals by going back and banning it after the fact.

H&H gun range used to have a case with nothing but full auto capable weapons, last time I was there they had 4 m16s @ 20k ea. had some others but don't remember what.

next time you are around meridian and 40 stop by and see what they have.

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This would be a good investment as the civilian manufacture of automatic weapons for civilian use stopped in 1986.