“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.”
All full auto firearms manufactured after May 19, 1986 are BANNED for individual possession. Period. Those manufactured before that date and that were on the NFRTR are grandfathered. They can still be possessed and transferred, at exorbitant prices (last I saw, a select fire M-16 has a market value of around $30,000).
Do not be obtuse by making a blanket ‘banned’ or ‘not banned’ statement. The details matter.
All full auto firearms manufactured after May 19, 1986 are BANNED for individual possession.
I did not say they aren’t. I said that if you want to buy an automatic firearm in the U.S. you can. Neither of you making the same argument can explain how that’s a ban. I just cannot understand the argument that you guys are trying to make. Regardless, at this point all any of us are doing is repeating ourselves, so I am going to bow out. Merry Christmas to both of you!