Gun laws

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Varies greatly by state.

Here in my state all you need is a valid ID (drivers license) and to pass a background check (no felonies) and you can get pretty much anything.

All I have right now is a glock 19, but I might get Remington model 700 after I file my taxes this year.

bolt action rifles and 2-shot shotguns = legal if you have a hunting license and a permit from the police, must be kept in a gun safe or you will receive a fine and have your weapons confiscated.

everything else is illegal.

>>79074461
oh and if you don't pay a yearly fee to renew your hunting license, you are forced to sell your weapons or the police will take them.

Contrary to the popular perception, and all of our boasting, American gun laws are actually pretty shitty.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act
Requires a lengthy 6-8 month paperwork process (that is a license in everything but name) and the payment of a $200 tax to own:
- fully automatics
- guns disguised as other devices
- conventional handguns with a vertical fore grip*
- rifles with a barrel <16 inches and and/or an overall length <26 inches
- shotguns with a barrel <18 inches and and/or an overall length <26 inches
- suppressors/silencers/moderators/whatever you want to call them
- firearms with a bore over .5 of an inch that aren't considered to be "sporting" (completely arbitrary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Control_Act_of_1968
This prohibited the importation of the items described above for commercial sale to anyone but law enforcement.
It set dimensional requirements that handguns had to meet to be imported. If they're too small, you can't bring them into the country.
A clause was added giving the government the ability to deny import of any "non-sporting" firearm. There is no objective definition of this term, it's entirely arbitrary.
It also changed the definition of machine gun to include full auto conversion devices. A conversion sear is treated the same as an actual complete machine gun.

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>>79075076
In 1986 production of new machine guns for the general public was completely banned. Existing ones can still be owned though.
In 1989 George H. W. Bush signed an executive order banning the importation of any firearm that exceeded a number of features (threaded muzzle, folding stock, etc.).
In 1994 congress passed the "Assault Weapons Ban" which essentially took Bush's import ban concept and applied it to domestic production as well.
It also banned >10 round magazines. Thankfully, the AWB lapsed in 2004, though the cunts in D.C. have been pushing for a new one ever since.

The only good things about American gun laws are that we can do private transfers of most guns and you can concealed carry in most areas. That's really it.
People think we're some sort of bastion of gun rights, but you can honestly argue that Switzerland and the Czech Republic have more freedom when it comes to firearms.

Basically, if you want a generic handgun or a generic AR you're pretty set. But if you want anything exotic you can either pay out the ass, or you're just plain shit out of luck.

*This has only ever gone to court once and the charge was thrown out. The ATF maintains that it's still illegal, but who the fuck knows.

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Gun laws in Northern Ireland are considered the most liberal in the world

You can own (technically) a battleship