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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Eh, whatever. The name's just a name; none of us are going to own a legitimate M4 most likely, unless we get badass permits that allow us to do so and I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna be getting one of those.
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Oddly enough, my understanding is that the Class III license isn't that hard to get. It is a very extensive background check and it takes several months, but even many of the degenerates on this board could get it no problem. It is the collateral problems and the overwhelming cost that is the killer.
It is illegal for civilians to purchase a machine gun that was manufactured after 1986. As you can imagine, that has driven the price of pre-86 machine guns through the roof. You could get the Class III license, but are you willing to drop $20,000.00 on an M16 lower from the early 80's?
Then you would be absolutely foolish not to set up an NFA Trust for the weapon to be registered to. Otherwise if you die, your heirs are suddenly in possession of an illegal machine gun, and now, that gun will forever be illegal - as in there is no way to ever make it legal for civilians again...as in you just pissed away tens of thousands of dollars.
I keep hoping someone will come to my office and ask me to set one of those up...