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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by relaxing on Thursday May 26, 2022 @11:14AM (#31519345)
Your infantryman still gets weapons that would be considered destructive devices under the law and illegal to own. Grenades and so on.
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Re:Mental illness, mass shootings, and the politics of Ameri... by pokey00 on Thursday May 26, 2022 @02:21PM (#31521720)
Yeah, there's some gray area there and grenades are probably the best example.

Separated from philosophical side of things, they are legal to own Federally at least, at $200 a tax stamp. I don't know anything about the jurisprudence wrt to destructive devices.

edit: Another example might be DU ammunition, but I don't know if that's something carried by your typical soldier. I think it's more often in large caliber crew-served and vehicle mounted weapons, but have no actual basis for that.

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