Congress first tightened regulation of machine guns back in 1934, in response to Prohibition-era gang violence. But machine guns are making a fast comeback. The tight supply of pre-1986 machine guns means that most of them easily fetch five-figure prices. “I can build my own machine gun — a modern-day machine gun,” Cargill said. “It cannot just be, ‘I got my FFL and SOT — I’m going to go and make all the machine guns I want.’ You cannot do that.”Several companies online offer to help the average citizen get their hands on a machine gun, often emphasizing the novelty of being able to access post-1986 machine guns.

Source: Huffington Post May 19, 2024 15:34 UTC