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Originally Posted by Lune
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That's not to say I wouldn't be in favor of requiring a robust licensing process and registration associated with firearm ownership, especially when it's something outrageous like a .50 cal sniper rifle or heavy machine gun.
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Fully automatic machine guns are not legal to buy in the USA unless they are collectors items, and then you have to file a hellish amount of paper work in order to purchase the collector item.
Regarding the purchase of the .50 caliber "sniper rifle." The Feds require a background check (NICS) for the purchase of long guns, shotguns, handguns and including the .50 caliber (form 4473). Some states have additional checks (like Maryland). Private sales are exempt from the back ground check in most states, but rest assured that the liberals are fighting hard, state to state, to ensure that private gun owners will be required to do a gun check before they can sell their firearm.
There is also a movement, notably in California, to have firearms dealers and retail stores perform a background check for ammunition purchases.
Any way... any law abiding citizen is going through a shit load of paperwork to buy a weapon now days. The people you should be concerned about are the law breakers who give a damn. In which case there is no amount of gun legislation that will stop them. They are going to kill you with something no matter what, and they will get a gun if they really want one. You can't stop them.