"Dave" wrote in message
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On 17 Apr 2007 09:28:28 -0700, lid (Jonathan Ganz) said:
GOD FORBID a few people can't own a machine gun.
You really think you can go down to your local gun store and buy a machine
gun?
I don't think so.
Actually you can. But it's not quite that simple. You have to pass a
rigorous FBI background check which takes about 6 to 9 months. And you have
to pay for a Federal permit to own such a weapon. The permit, last I knew,
cost around $400 in fees, tax, and msc. charges per gun. You can also buy
almost any gun with a silencer as well, if you are willing to pay the fees
and can pass the same background check. What's truly interesting is that
those guns never get used in the commission of a crime. It's all the
illegally-circulating ones that do.
Max