• driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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    1 year ago

    What are the reasons why fully automatic rifles are banned? Or granades? Or nuclear weapons if we go to the extreme. Reading that I can’t see where you can put a line a say “this is no bereable anymore”

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      So nukes, missiles, bombs, etc. aren’t bearable weapons, so they don’t qualify in that regard. Grenades are explosive destructive devices, so even though they’re bearable, they’re banned on the often forgotten side of ATF-E everyone forgets the “E”. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.

      Automatic rifles are a different deal. Regulated as a result of the old timey gang wars in 1934. I say “regulated” rather than banned because they aren’t banned. If you’re willing to jump through the paperwork hoops and pay the (REALLY HIGH!) fees, you CAN own a fully automatic weapon. Just expect to pay $30,000 or more to do it.

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act

      A few years later (1939), short barrelled shotguns were also regulated in a similar fashion

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Miller

      Of course NOW you can get a “Non NFA item” that’s effectively a short barrelled shotgun without being a shortbarrelled shotgun:

      https://www.quora.com/How-can-the-Mossberg-shockwave-be-legal