Short and to the point: Obama the Liar

[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

To address the questions I asked Cali, that he did not know the answer to:

1) Yes, it is legal for a lawful person to own an automatic weapon. There are regulatory hurdles. But the primary hurdle is that the govt. has not allowed any new weapons into the legal supply for many, many years now, so this has made these weapons prohibitively expensive. So if you have 20k or so, and want to go through the regulatory procedures and taxes, you could have a fully-auto (now vintage) Colt M16. If the supply were not restricted, the cost would be closer to 1k. Most people can't/aren't willing to pay a 19k tax to own a firearm.

2) Yes, it is legal to own a silencer/suppressor. You have to pay for a tax stamp and go through a regulatory process. Go onto youtube, and it will be apparent that many people own them. People like to shoot with reduced noise. The silencers, however, are not cheap. Combine that with the regulatory hassle and the tax stamp, and most people don't bother.

As it turns out, a suppressor is legal in 38 states, and totally banned in 12 states. Use the hand that isn't patting yourself on the back to navigate to Google. If you are going to hold yourself out as an expert on the topic, at least get it right.