r/interestingasfuck • u/AdministrativeMud907 • 7d ago

A girl saves her boyfriend from a robbery by pointing a machine gun at two armed robbers.(Texas) r/all

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u/akenthusiast 6d ago

There is no general gun registry. Certain types of firearms like machine guns and short barreled shotguns are registered.

What he's getting at is that convicted felons cannot be charged with being in possession of an unregistered machine gun because doing the paperwork would be self incriminating.

For a convicted felon, being in possession of a hunting rifle is exactly the same thing as being in possession of a fully automatic m249 SAW

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u/hennyl0rd 6d ago

your last paragaraph is exactly the point, unless a felon doesn't know they are a felon then they wouldn't attempt to as they would just be charged for possession the distinction is redundant they cant posses period so there no legal route to register...I cant be charged for driving with a expired license if I don't have on in the first place, my crime is more severe

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u/akenthusiast 6d ago

Kind of.

Possession of machine guns isn't really possible for normal people. You can legally own them, but the registry for them was closed in 1986, so the amount of machine guns available for purchase is fixed. They're exorbitantly expensive and functionally impossible to aquire for normal, law abiding citizens.

It's kind of a crime you can only be charged with if you didn't really do anything wrong