Originally posted by: Rob

Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: C3PX
I like how the European articles complained about machine guns being legal in America, when this guy didn't even have one.

And machine guns have been illegal in America since sometime in the 70's. The other semi-automatic rifles that you might see from time to time are just that, semi-automatic.

There's a shooting range in Nevada (near Las Vegas) where you can shoot an Uzi, but to my knowledge, you can't own an Uzi in any state. I may be wrong on that though, living in California tends to make one think that anything "bad" is banned everywhere.

Yeah, you're completely wrong. In most other states you just need the proper transfer fees and other requirements to own an automatic weapon. You dipshits from California seem to have a tendency to provide information based more on the goings on in your own ridiculous state than actual facts.

Way to be an asshole. We're not dipshits, we just live under mostly totalitarian gun control laws.

Since you fail to mention the "other requirements" and almost seem to treat it lightly, here's some links to Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_States

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Firearms_Act

The second one is more important since it shows exactly what is required to own an automatic weapon. It's not exactly an easy process. It requires extensive background checks, high fees ($200), photographs, fingerprints, written permission from the ATF before moving the weapon across state lines. In other words, unless you're a firearms collector, you probably aren't going to own any automatic weapons. It's a major pain in the ass and it's not worth it to most people.

So yeah, I was wrong (I said I might be), but that doesn't change the fact that it's not easy to own an automatic weapon in any state.