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> Many people are surprised to discover that as an American you can buy or build almost any weapon system Citation needed. At very least in CA, NY, NJ civilia
by coolspot 8y ago
> Many people are surprised to discover that as an American you can buy or build almost any weapon system
Citation needed.
At very least in CA, NY, NJ civilian absolutely can not buy/build/posses suppressors for guns, short barrel rifles (SBR), select-fire guns, grenade launchers or any live high explosive devices.
In some states you can build a pipe bomb [2] or buy a grenade having per unit permission from NFA [1]
[1] - https://reddit.com/r/nfa https://reddit.com/r/nfa
[2] - https://www.reddit.com/r/NFA/comments/5ffugm/nfa_registered_pipebomb/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NFA/comments/5ffugm/nfa_registered_...
- jandrewrogers 8y agoNo citation needed, there is no prohibition in Federal law, only State law, and you cherrypicked the most restrictive States in the nation as your exemplars. For example, something like 40+ States permit suppressors. High-explosives was (is? probably with more paperwork now) a retail business in many states; I stopped by one once just to check it out for myself, the only requirement was that I had a vehicle that met road safety requirements for transport e.g. carried on a surface that is not prone to sparking. I had a couple friends many years ago who, mostly for fun I suspect because they never did anything with it, filled out the relatively simple Federal paperwork that gave them carte blanche to import/manufacture/buy just about any conventional weapon you can think of and they lived in a State with no restrictions. But almost no one does in practice because once you go beyond what is possible to fabricate in a sophisticated machine shop, it would become an extremely expensive hobby for no obvious purpose. Few people can afford to drop millions of dollars on guided missiles.