Do you know what the Hughes Amendment is?
It's OK if you don't ... but until you do know, further discussion is pointless.
Grab your favorite search engine, enter the search term [Hughes Amendment] and learn what it specifies.
Ping me when you have done that.
If the Hughes amendment does not ban automatic weapons, which it does not, it’s not relevant to the conversation. You may think you’re discussing this from a level of higher knowledge but you’re not. Automatic weapons are not banned in the United States. Period.