(10-02-2017, 09:33 AM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: I'm far from a gun expert, but I grew up around guns and just about everyone I know owns several. Semi-Automatic weapons are pretty common and they have been the subject of a lot of debate over the last few years. You have to physically pull the trigger every time you take a shot. In this case however, the shooter reportedly used a fully automatic weapon which from my understanding, is a federal offense to own. You simply hold back on the trigger with those weapons and they keep firing until you let off. People can modify semi-automatic weapons to make them automatic, but if you get caught, you will go to prison for a long time. I'm not for sure, but I believe they might be classified as weapons of mass destruction.

In any case, this is an extremely sad and terrible situation. I was expecting to find out it was some radical terrorist, but instead it's some old white guy that caused this horrible massacre. What the Hell? Prayers go out to all the dead, injured, their families and all those people who were at the concert.

not exactly, it's legal to own a fully automatic weapon you just have to pay a heavy license fee and accept being subject to random inspections when ever the feds want. It's called an FFL license and you also need it to transfer weapons between private parties.

As for converting semi-auto's to fully auto it's not easy to do, and very illegal.

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