p0ink said:
see, this is what happens when you elect liberals.
lol. wait until 2004 when bushy renews the assault weapon ban. bush sr banned importation of assault weapons in 1989.
I am a liberal and i don't support gun control. You paint us all with the same brush.
As far as class C firearms, do you live in north carolina?
http://users.erols.com/rjm0222/firearm.htm
Pursuant to North Carolina General Statute 14-409 it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to manufacture, sell, give away, dispose of, use or possess machine guns, sub-machine guns, or other like weapons. A machine gun or sub-machine gun is one which shoots, or can be readily restored to shoot more than one round, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. It also includes any frame or receiver of such a weapon, or parts used in converting a weapon into a machine gun or sub-machine gun. This prohibition does not apply to the following:
1. Banks, merchants, and recognized business establishments for use in their respective places of business. However, these persons must first apply to and receive from the Sheriff of the county in which their business is located, a permit to possess the weapon for the purpose of defending their business;
2. Officers and soldiers of the United States Army, when in the discharge of their official duties;
3. Officers and soldiers of the Militia and the State Guard when being called into actual service;
4. Officers of the State, or county, city or town, charged with the execution of laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties; and
5. The manufacture, use, or possession of such weapons for scientific or experimental purposes when such manufacture, use, or possession is lawful under federal laws and the weapon is registered with a Federal agency, and a permit to manufacture, use, or possess the weapon has been obtained by the Sheriff of the county in which the weapon is located.
Any bona fide resident of the state who now owns a machine gun used in former wars may retain and keep that weapon at his own property, as a relic or souvenir, without violating the provisions of this section, as long as he reports this weapon to the Sheriff of the county in which he lives.
Therefore, certain conditions must be met by the possessor of a machine gun before it may be lawfully kept in North Carolina. First, the possessor must fall within one of the specifically listed exceptions to the general prohibition of ownership. Second, one must also apply for a permit to possess the weapon from the Sheriff. It is then the responsibility of the Sheriff to satisfy himself as to the lawfulness of the reason for such possession and of the good moral character of the possessor. Among other considerations, the Sheriff should consider the inherent danger to the public as a result of the possession of a machine gun.
It has been consistently held within our office that the valid licensing of an individual to possess a machine gun under Federal law does not automatically legitimate his possession of the weapon in the various counties of North Carolina. Nor does such federal licensing require the Sheriff to issue a permit for the possession of such a weapon without first satisfying the prerequisites of G.S. 14-409. Therefore, the permit provisions of G.S. 14-409 would need to be complied with, even though a person is currently licensed under federal law to possess a machine gun.