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Originally Posted by shonsan
While that is true, it is easy to convert your semi auto rifle into a fully automatic rifle with a kit than can be bought quite easily and is legal to buy in the united states.
It is a messed up law like the "drug paraphernalia" law, You buy it ofr a different purpose but it is actually used in an illegal fashion.
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Converting your semi-auto rifle to full auto is not as easy as you might think. Semi-auto rifles have different receivers than automatic guns, so you can't just simply replace the semi-auto mechanism with a full-auto one.
And, even the possession of some of these "kits", like a drop-in auto sear for an AR-15 rifle require a license. Get caught possessing an automatic firearm or auto sear without the license and you are going to be looking at bars for a long time.
A license is not that hard to get, and in many states machine guns are unregulated. But, since the manufacture of new machine guns available to the public was stopped in 1986, the prices of those guns which come onto the market are quite high. The cheapest you'll find are old Sten guns and such, and they cost a couple of thousand dollars. A legally licensed M-16 will set you back close to $10k, and you'll pay upwards of $50k for an M-60.
I have a licensed H&K G3K, which is a shorter version of the H&K G3 automatic rifle. When I worked for the police department, we were only allowed to carry rifles which fired 5.56 or 7.62 NATO ammunition. I didn't like 5.56 rifles because during my time in the Army I learned that a person could often be hit many times by one of these guns before they finally went down. The 7.62mm rifles tended to put people down with a single shot.
It is impossible to buy an H&K G3K because only a few were made for the British SAS, so I made one myself, using a custom-made 12.5 inch polygonal barrel, and a surplus G3K locking piece. The only other parts necessary were the shorter handguard from an H&K 93 rifle, and the long flash suppressor from a H&K 53 rifle. The license for this rifle cost only $5, but it took 6 months to approve.
