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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by cowmoo728 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @01:33AM (#31514990)
I would like to be able to purchase a Boeing AH-64 Apache, along with its M230 machine gun and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by simon1ltd on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:38AM (#31519686)
I know you’re being facetious, but It’s fun to point out that you can purchase an Apache if you can find a government to tell you one.

The missiles are separately regulated, and likely not legal for private ownership. Missiles and high explosives are licensed and legislated for separately.

Any weapon that’s part of a standard infantry soldiers load out should be available, new from the manufacturer. I don’t have a problem with the background checks that are required for a class 3 weapon, like an m16 or a Thompson sub machine gun (https://dealernfa.com/product-category/machine-guns/all-tran...), but as it stands only wealthy people can still afford to purchase them.

Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by FireBeyond on Thursday May 26, 2022 @12:56PM (#31520680)
> The missiles are separately regulated, and likely not legal for private ownership. Missiles and high explosives are licensed and legislated for separately.

So we -can- put limits on the ownership of weaponry, then?

Interesting.