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X ` Man[_3_]

On 7/20/12 12:48 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:34:52 -0400, X ` Man
wrote:

On 7/20/12 10:28 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:43:10 -0700 (PDT), North Star
wrote:

It's time for the US to get tough and ban handguns and automatic
weapons.

They are tough on "automatic weapons" and have been for about 80
years. (NFA 1934).

Not tough enough...it's not difficult to get a permit for a fully auto
firearm.

Huh? I suppose you have never done it.

I KNOW you haven't lately since Md is not signing the BATF form 4s
anymore in virtually any county.

I have no need or interest in owning a fully auto firearm, but I have a
buddy out in Redneck, Virginia (but he's not a redneck) who got one made
in the Vietnam War era a couple of years ago. I asked him about the
paperwork and he said it was nothing special, and the federal charge was
something like $100 (to the best of my memory). Therefore, I concluded
it was *not difficult* to get a permit for a fully automatic firearm.