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Fully automatic weapons are a constitutional right. If citizens could be allowed to keep artillery, then there is no principle that logically allows the government to ban mere automatic weapons. I know that some monkeys in black robes let FDR get away with it a few decades ago, but that doesn't mean that banning them is ACTUALLY constitutional, in reason.
The Great Gun Debate shows American political discourse at its irrational worst; with both left and right promoting panic and hysteria that distracts attention from the nation’s truly menacing problems. Instead of addressing crushing deficits, economic stagnation, political gridlock, and the erosion of middle-class security, politicians and pundits obsess over gun violence—one of the few challenges where the United States has made dramatic progress in recent years.
How can the president and his supporters work themselves into a self-righteous lather over minor regulatory adjustments that have been tried before with no measurable impact on the rate of firearms...
Technically, if you're an able bodied adult non-felon the BATFE can't say no to your buying, owning, and using fully automatic weapons. But they claim you give up your 4th amendment right to protection against unreasonable search and seizure in that case.