:( I live in Cali :( :(
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Hey guys,
Recently, I have had the good fortune of having cash to mess around with, and, so far the only guns I have are a couple of single shot rifles from about 12 or 13 years ago, and a cheap ruger .22 semi auto pistol that I picked up on a whim a couple years ago, and that's it.
So, of course I'm just itching to buy me a few guns right now to add some more fun to the arsenal.
Ever since I saw my first action movies as a little kid, I've always dreamed of owning my own fully automatic gun, of course (doesn't everyone? lol), but up until recently I had always thought it was totally illegal to get one, I didn't realize that there are actual ways to legally be allowed to own one, even if you aren't in the military/swat.
So, I've been trying to figure out how this works, and if I understand correctly:
1. In order to buy a fully automatic gun, you have to go through a painstaking process of getting a full background check by the fbi, and getting your local sheriff to sign something, and maybe take some special training courses or something? (I could be wrong, this is just how I interpreted the fine print that I tried to decipher so far, if I'm wrong, please correct me, that's the whole reason I'm making this thread, thanks)
2. However, if the gun was made prior to 1986, then you don't have to do any of that stuff, and can just legally buy and own it as if it were just a regular non auto gun, since it is grandfathered from before the ban, so that's why those ones cost like $10,000 or whatever? (again, I could be totally wrong here, please correct me if I'm wrong)
Is this correct?
Or is it that you still have to do all the fbi background thing, special courses, Sheriff signature, $200 tax thingie, yada yada even if it is a pre-1986 gun, and that you can't even get a post-1986 gun at all whatsoever, and the pre-1986 ones are the only ones you can get, and only if you do all the stuff I wrote in point #2?
Also, although I live in California (Oh no!!!! lol), I fortunately also live in Arizona for part of the year some years, so, I am curious if there is any extra annoying stuff that gets added into the process of what I'd have to do, if I were doing it in California, compared to if I were doing it in Arizona (if the difference was significant enough, I guess I'd do it over there instead).
Recently, I have had the good fortune of having cash to mess around with, and, so far the only guns I have are a couple of single shot rifles from about 12 or 13 years ago, and a cheap ruger .22 semi auto pistol that I picked up on a whim a couple years ago, and that's it.
So, of course I'm just itching to buy me a few guns right now to add some more fun to the arsenal.
Ever since I saw my first action movies as a little kid, I've always dreamed of owning my own fully automatic gun, of course (doesn't everyone? lol), but up until recently I had always thought it was totally illegal to get one, I didn't realize that there are actual ways to legally be allowed to own one, even if you aren't in the military/swat.
So, I've been trying to figure out how this works, and if I understand correctly:
1. In order to buy a fully automatic gun, you have to go through a painstaking process of getting a full background check by the fbi, and getting your local sheriff to sign something, and maybe take some special training courses or something? (I could be wrong, this is just how I interpreted the fine print that I tried to decipher so far, if I'm wrong, please correct me, that's the whole reason I'm making this thread, thanks)
2. However, if the gun was made prior to 1986, then you don't have to do any of that stuff, and can just legally buy and own it as if it were just a regular non auto gun, since it is grandfathered from before the ban, so that's why those ones cost like $10,000 or whatever? (again, I could be totally wrong here, please correct me if I'm wrong)
Is this correct?
Or is it that you still have to do all the fbi background thing, special courses, Sheriff signature, $200 tax thingie, yada yada even if it is a pre-1986 gun, and that you can't even get a post-1986 gun at all whatsoever, and the pre-1986 ones are the only ones you can get, and only if you do all the stuff I wrote in point #2?
Also, although I live in California (Oh no!!!! lol), I fortunately also live in Arizona for part of the year some years, so, I am curious if there is any extra annoying stuff that gets added into the process of what I'd have to do, if I were doing it in California, compared to if I were doing it in Arizona (if the difference was significant enough, I guess I'd do it over there instead).