[CLUE-Talk] Bowling for Columbine

[Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier]

On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Jed S. Baer wrote:

> On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:05:37 -0700 (MST)
> "Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier" <clue at dissociatedpress.net> wrote:
>
> > There are already restrictions on owning "arms." I don't believe that
> > you or I can legally own a rocket launcher, nor rapid-fire machine guns
>
> Actually, if you care to spend the money, and fill out the paper work, you
> too can posses full-auto. I don't remember the criteria used by the BATF
> to approve/disprove the application, but the process is in place, and the
> mechanism is a special "tax stamp". You do need to get a signoff from the
> Chief of Police in the jurisdiction where you live, so it getting the
> application even finished can become an arbitrary process.

Cool!

I wonder what that would set me back...

Zonker
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