How is a fullyautomatic weapon obtained?

Question

I know some guns at the gun range who converted weapons to automatic (legally with atf) and one man has a m60 machine gun it was a surplus (rarely used more for show buit used once in a while)

He told me the gun cost around 11k in 1996 and like 1200 a year to keep lincensed is this true??

I've seen gun auctuions with prices in 20k ranges i mean can you still own one of theses without speding a lot of money?

Answer 1

Pathfinder has is right. The local police have to sign for you. To have that happen you would have to be someone. Older, seriously known to the community, knock some elbows with the local politicians, donate money, be seriously established, etc. with some sort of combination of such things.

For the average guy or even one one with some money will find simply purchasing the weapon expensive. You will need the paperwork in order to just buy it and the guy selling it is probably not going to wait while you square this away...... unless you are paying big bucks.

It is not a poor man's hobby to have automatic weapons. And while collecting and for show is all fine and well an automatic version is not really helpful. A semi in well practiced hands in far more effective than an auto in ill practiced ones.

Answer 2

Get the proper paperwork from your local BATF office, fill it out, and pay the fee. However, before you even budge, if you are just an average everyday Jow Blow, you will be wasting the application fee, because it will NOT get approved. One of the stipluations is that your local chief law enforcement officer has to co-sign for you, whch means, in essence, he is co-responsible if you go amok with it. I know of no police chief, nor sheriff who is willing to do this for John Q. Citizen.

Answer 3

You can own one if you can pass the screening for the license. What do you call "a lot " of money. It will not be cheap for the weapon and that sounds about right for the license.