GuyWithQuestions
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So there's been all this talk about how we have our rights and that machine guns should continue to be available to non law enforcement civilians. Gunfacts says that only 2 unjustified homicides have been committed by legally owned machine guns since the 1930s when they've been heavily regulated, and one of them was a police officer who killed someone. So I was thinking that it makes sense to exercise your rights. Not that I'd want one for a while, since they're expensive, but how do you get a machine gun legally? I'd want it for fun at the range, firearms' main purpose is recreation not trouble, and also since I have a concealed firearm's permit, could I legally carry it around for self-defense? I'll have to keep it locked up a lot because I'm at college with roommates, unless if I needed to carry it around. I live in Utah and on their .gov website on firearms it says about machine guns "It is lawful to possess, purchase, or sell a machine gun that is legally registered and possessed in compliance with all federal laws and regulations." I take it that that means there's no special state laws on machine guns and Utah only cares about federal laws?
So, if I want to exercise my human rights, how do you legally get one? You have to buy one that was legally manufactured/made it into this country before 1986, correct? There's a $200 transfer fee? Do you have to get some recommendation from a police officer saying that you won't be a nuisance with it and that you'll need one? Does the FBI check just to make sure you haven't committed any felonies, or do they also make sure you have no speeding tickets and stuff like that? Is the FBI check any different than when you submitted your fingerprints when getting your concealed firearms permit?
I heard that there was a study that at long distance, semi-automatics are more accurate, but that at close range fully-automatics are more likely to hit it's target? And most self-defense situations are close up.
So, if I want to exercise my human rights, how do you legally get one? You have to buy one that was legally manufactured/made it into this country before 1986, correct? There's a $200 transfer fee? Do you have to get some recommendation from a police officer saying that you won't be a nuisance with it and that you'll need one? Does the FBI check just to make sure you haven't committed any felonies, or do they also make sure you have no speeding tickets and stuff like that? Is the FBI check any different than when you submitted your fingerprints when getting your concealed firearms permit?
I heard that there was a study that at long distance, semi-automatics are more accurate, but that at close range fully-automatics are more likely to hit it's target? And most self-defense situations are close up.