Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden tells 2A extremist he's full of shit [View all]Chainfire
(17,757 posts)It is not illegal to own machine guns. If you can afford the purchase price (starting around ten grand and rising quickly). Pass the enhanced background check, pay a $200.00 tax stamp, you can have all the machine guns you want. There are some additional restrictions that comes with ownership, but it is nothing that is particularly difficult to deal with.
If I wanted an MG today, I would drive 25 miles to my nearest dealer, pay for the gun, do the paperwork for the background check, and wait probably around 60 to 90 days for the results to come back before I could take possession of the weapon. For a non-felon is is mainly just a money issue. They are as expensive to shoot as they are to buy too. You could easily spend $20.00 a second airing out a machine gun. That is usually more money than a construction worker or truck driver can stand.
Machine gun crimes are rare because they are generally owned by professional people with deep pockets and a lot to lose. I spoke to a dealer about who his clients were, and he told me that the were mostly doctors and lawyers. Go figure...
The point of this is that if Joe chooses to carry out arguments with people like the man in the video, he needs to know a little more of what he is talking about. He would have been better served to have just laughed at the guy and walked away rather than fall into a trap. Right wingers get a great thrill of catching liberals in an error when they are talking about guns. The right rejoices in being able to point out how dumb Libtards are.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden