What's the legitimate civilian use of a grenade launcher?
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That's ordnace not arms by 18th century language which meant small arms and should be banned. it's indeiscrimmate and offesive.
Or a muzzle or flash suppressor?
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My wife gets nervous with a .45 and a silencer makes for pleasant shooting. BTW they are legal she has one but it costed $200 for the federal tax and $800 for the product. Not exactly common man enabled..it's effectively banned. Flash supressors has been covered.
What do YOU interpret the "right to bear arms" as?
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Small arms. To include machine guns, and so called "Assult weapons", pistols, rifles, shotguns or anything else that could be used in self-defense or sport.
And, if the AWB doesn't relate to machine guns, what law is it that bans M-16's, AK-47's, Uzis, etc.
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1986 crime control act in combination with the The National Firearms Act of 1934.
the 1986 law states you can't sell any of those weapons manufactured after that date, the 1934 law states you must go tough extensive backgroud and pay inordinate fees for these items. The combination of these two laws has inflated the price of these finite supply of pre-1986 weapons to astronomical levels effectivly banning them for all but the richest enthusiast.