Quote Originally Posted by gratewhitehuntr View Post
Both.

Federal law controls automatic weapons but it is possible to own them after jumping through the proper hoops.

Other things can be had as well.
ie. I met a man once with a 30mm anti tank rifle that the Fins made to fight the Russians.

It was classified as a destructive device and there were other requirements as far as I know.

states and cities can enact their own controls.
An example of a city is NY, NY.

no firearms

here is a decent (omg this shit can be confusing) link
http://forums.impactguns.com/archive...php/t-293.html

as you may have figured out, much of the control comes from it just being such a damn pain in the ass.
Thanks. I just read it and I get your point. Basically they make it as confusing, cumbersome and expensive as possible without explicitly banning DD's.
And to think that for some types of weapon you have to do this whole process per round of ammo as well...