return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?message-squaremessage-square385fedilinkarrow-up1202arrow-down15
arrow-up1197arrow-down1message-squareNon-Americans who have been to the US.. What is the weirdest thing about America that Americans don't realize is weird?return2ozma@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square385fedilink
minus-squareSmoothIsFast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 hours agoYou definitely cannot buy a machine gun in Walmart…
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoI definitely saw guns. Maybe shot gun?
minus-squareSmoothIsFast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoThere are plenty of guns sold, machine guns haven’t been sold as new since 1986 and have had a special process for purchase since the 1930s.
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 hours agoI guess when I say machine gun I’m meaning (incorrectly) a rifle like an AR-15. Whether it be single shot (is that semi-auto) or automatic. Although I believe you can’t get autos as that’s why people use bump stocks; I again guess.
minus-squareSmoothIsFast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoThere are plenty of guns sold, machine guns haven’t been sold as new since 1986 and have had a special process for purchase since the 1930s. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act See the section on “Ban on new automatic firearms”
You definitely cannot buy a machine gun in Walmart…
I definitely saw guns. Maybe shot gun?
There are plenty of guns sold, machine guns haven’t been sold as new since 1986 and have had a special process for purchase since the 1930s.
I guess when I say machine gun I’m meaning (incorrectly) a rifle like an AR-15. Whether it be single shot (is that semi-auto) or automatic. Although I believe you can’t get autos as that’s why people use bump stocks; I again guess.
There are plenty of guns sold, machine guns haven’t been sold as new since 1986 and have had a special process for purchase since the 1930s.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearm_Owners_Protection_Act
See the section on “Ban on new automatic firearms”