Gilgondorin
Active Member
Greetings to all.
I remember overhearing in a discussion once that it's not possible for non-dealer individuals to own more than one example of a given type of machine gun -- like for example two full auto fixed-stock AKM's -- unless they were markedly different from each other (EX: full auto AKM with a fixed stock, and a full auto AKM underfolder), because while one would "fill a gap in the collection", the second would not fill a constructive use or whatever the crazy bureaucratic term is. (EDIT: Thread title is accidentally misleading, sorry; I meant two identical MODEL machine guns, not two 100% identical-to-each-other units.)
Assuming finances/availability are a non-issue and the required ATF approval is sought, is there really a prohibition, either formal (actually written in the law) or informal (fat chance on actually getting the second approved)?
(I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question; I'm not familiar with the rules regarding machine guns.)
I remember overhearing in a discussion once that it's not possible for non-dealer individuals to own more than one example of a given type of machine gun -- like for example two full auto fixed-stock AKM's -- unless they were markedly different from each other (EX: full auto AKM with a fixed stock, and a full auto AKM underfolder), because while one would "fill a gap in the collection", the second would not fill a constructive use or whatever the crazy bureaucratic term is. (EDIT: Thread title is accidentally misleading, sorry; I meant two identical MODEL machine guns, not two 100% identical-to-each-other units.)
Assuming finances/availability are a non-issue and the required ATF approval is sought, is there really a prohibition, either formal (actually written in the law) or informal (fat chance on actually getting the second approved)?
(I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question; I'm not familiar with the rules regarding machine guns.)
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