• DahGangalang
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    You need to get a federal permit (costs ~$300 per permit) for each of those features.

    So maybe.

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      Cant tell if there is a shoulder stock on that one. Technically speaking, if it doesnt, and was manufactured with the shortened barrel longer than 12 inches, but less than 18 inches, it could fall in the AOW, any other weapon category under the nfa act of 1936 , and therefore not require a permit for anything. The vertical foregrip may require a 200 dollar tax stamp as an adittion. The legality is a gray area.

      If it has a shoulder stock, it is a sbs, short barrel shotgun. And requires a 200 dollar tax stamp. The addition of the vertical foregrip may or may not require a second 200 dollar tax stamp, depending on origional classification and configuration.

      Tl,dr: american gun regulations make no sense at all.

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        Are the tax stamps still only $200 each? I thought they got upped to $300 a few years back.

        But yeah, definitely agree that regulations feel more arbitrary than objective in how they’re implemented.

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          The nfa has not increased the price of the tax stamp since its implementation in 1937. At that time, the stamp essentially doubled the price of a machine gun. And people quit buying them because of that. If the tax stamp had kept up with inflation, the cost of a tax stamp for an nfa firearm would be well over 4 thousand dollars now. The cheapest machinegun a civillian can buy now however, will cost you over 10 thousand dollars, in addition to the tax stamp.

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            …now that’s some weird economics.

            It’s my understanding that there’s minimal additional machining to take a typical rifle to “machine gun” status. Is it, like, demand that drives the price up like that?

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              No machine guns manufactured after 1986 can be legally owned by a civillian. Part of the firearm owners protection act. Previous laws in the mid sixties and the aformentioned laws put in place in 1934 had already diminished the overall count of legally transferable machine guns by a huge margin. At this point, because of supply and demand, a fully transferable machine gun can cost anywhere between 10k and 80k, depending on a whole host of facors. Normally mabufacturer, model, and condition.

              And you are right, making a machine gun is cheap. Converting an existing rifle is even easier. With wire from a coat hanger, the internet, and twenty minutes anyone can make an ar15 fully automatic. The thing is, no one does that, because the penalties are severe and despite what the media shows on tv, most gun crime in the united states is carried out by small caliber pistols. But thats a conversation for another thread.

              Fun fact, if you want to legally own a rpg, and can pass the background checks, its all yours. Its just ungodly expensive and it also requires a 200 dollar tax stamp. And each projectile requires the same background check and individual tax stamp. I imagine you can guess how hard those are to come by, and how much attention your address would get after trying that.

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                Just so I’m clear on what you’re saying: per U.S. law, it would be illegal for me (a civilian) to own a machine gun manufactured after 1986? And that’s regardless of passing background checks and/or paying for the tax stamp?

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                  As a private individual a fully automatic gun made after 1986 is illegal for you to own. Its part of the hughes amendment.

                  There are post year 86 machine guns, called dealer samples that are still manufactured and floating around, but they can only be owned by a law enforcement agency or a class 3 firearms dealer. Not private individuals.

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                    This is probably more a question for a lawyer than a rando on the internet, but how legal would this be: let’s say you have a rifle that was designed as a semi-automatic, but can be easily modified to become automatic and that was manufactured before 1986. Would it be possible to legally modify it in [current year] to be an automatic?

                    We’re getting pretty deep in this comment chain, and I appreciate you letting me pick your brain over this. Usually people abandon threads way before this mark and just wanna give a shout-out for your time.

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      Short barrel? $300 permit.

      Fore hand-grip? $300 permit.

      Vertical? $300 permit.

      Sheeeyit. I’ve been a criminal most my life? Hot damn!