Mass shooting Las Vegas

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Hiku said:

sc94597 said:

There are multiple federal gun control laws that regulate ownership of these guns though. 

The first is the 1934 National Firearms Act which rdid the following

"All NFA items must be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Private owners wishing to purchase an NFA item must obtain approval from the ATF, pass an extensive background check to include submitting a photograph and fingerprints, fully register the firearm, receive ATF written permission before moving the firearm across state lines, and pay a tax.^[21] The request to transfer ownership of an NFA item is made on an ATF Form 4.^[22] There have been several unfavorable lawsuits where plaintiffs have been denied NFA approval for a transfer. These lawsuit include: Lomont v. O'Neill,^[23] Westfall v. Miller,^[24] and Steele v. National Branch.^[25]"

Then in 1986, FOPA passed, which banned the sale of any newly manufactured automatic weapons to private individuals. Only fully automatic weapons before the passage of FOPA are allowed to be sold, which limited the supply of automatic weapons and boosted the price to the tens of thousands. 

Fewer than a million fully automatic weapons are owned legally in the United States. 

That second law in particular makes it more doubtful that he got these legally then.

The guy was a millionaire. He did purchase them legally according to news reports. They've been interviewing the vendor, he passed all background checks.