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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by lostapathy on Thursday September 27, 2018 @04:43PM (#18088442)
Buying an automatic weapon is incredibly hard in the US.
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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by Sebguer on Thursday September 27, 2018 @05:54PM (#18089122)
It's not hard, it's expensive.
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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by gweinberg on Thursday September 27, 2018 @06:19PM (#18089323)
It's nearly impossible to do legally.
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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by marshf on Thursday September 27, 2018 @08:04PM (#18089939)
It is actually very easy to do legally. Just expensive.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/779349893

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by lostapathy on Friday September 28, 2018 @12:00AM (#18090952)
Technically yes, technically no?

The supply of transferable machine guns is fixed, and low, and it only shrinks over time. Technically yes, if you have the money you can buy one today. Technically no, we can't all go buy one because there aren't enough to go around.

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Re:Drone Hobbyists Angered by Congress Ending the Aerial Wil... by Spooky23 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @08:07PM (#18089950)
Depends on the state.

There’s a national firearms act license and transfer tax.

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