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Havoc10K:
yeah ok I just talked with him on PM, I forgot you can have a shotgun under the pillow in the states and canada, however, a Sniping Riffle is a military grade weapon so even that should be illegal for civilians, I think at least, it is illegal in the europe at the very least, in Poland, getting a pistol is hard enough (legally).

JoonasTo:
HAHAHAHAAH!
You're quite off the chart here.

You know the world's two best anti-person sniping rifles Sako TRG-44 and ASW are commercially to everyone who wants to buy. And it's not like you could actually distinquish between a high grade sniper rifle and a normal hunting rifle unless you specifically examine the barrel and even then the difference isn't that big. There's no way to distinquish them from few meters away unless you know the specific weapon.

One of the most used heavy anti-material semi-auto sniping rifles, Barrett M82A1 is commercially available to anyone who wants to buy it. It can and will shoot through 15mm of armor steel from 500m.

And getting a pistol license is harder than getting a rifle license because it's concealable.

Get educated before making wild quesses.  ;)

datora:
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--- Quote from: Havoc10K on November 19, 2010, 07:26:49 PM ---yeah ok I just talked with him on PM, I forgot you can have a shotgun under the pillow in the states and canada, however, a Sniping Riffle is a military grade weapon so even that should be illegal for civilians, I think at least, it is illegal in the europe at the very least, in Poland, getting a pistol is hard enough (legally).
--- End quote ---

I've forgotten which country you're in (in fact, I rarely pay attention in this forum ... I just take users at face value for the most part).

I can speak to the U.S., though.  You can own some very impressive military grade gear quite legally without any registration.  Generally speaking, if you have no criminal record that prevents you from owning a weapon, it is legal for you to have one.

There are restrictions on certain types, like full-automatic, or really impressive stuff like .50 cal stuff designed to pierce car engines, or "sawed-off" long arms made into concealable weapons.  Also, carrying and using weapons have restrictions, such as carrying concealed, or carrying in a car on on your person fully loaded and ready to go ... each state has it's own regulations, and many cities have more regulations.

Usually, if it is small enough to carry concealed (under about 16"-18"), you tend to require a license for it, or it might be outright banned.

However, in the U.S., generally speaking, you can own 50 or a hundred guns of many sizes and calibers, some for hunting, some for target shooting, shotguns, long guns, guns geared out to snipe ... and you don't necessarily require any license.

I have about ten myself, none of which are registered or recorded anywhere, mostly shotguns and rifles.  One rifle is .30-06 caliber and modified for very precise match-grade target shooting and hunting; I've shot smallish apples out at 300 meters with it.  Keeping them loaded inside my house is perfectly legal in my state, and I can use them against an intruder, perfectly legal.

A cousin of mine has an unregistered, military issue AK-47 which has been modified to disable full-automatic fire, and has a scope on it good for very precise ~150 meter range.  He keeps it (along with a 19" sawed-off 20 gauge shotgun) in his bedroom for self-defense (to "keep his options," as he says).  Perfectly legal in his state.

Anyway, just FYI.

Soryon:
In the US you can legally procure just about any firearm you want with two exceptions.
1) Felons cant own guns
2) Unless you have the proper license you cant own fully automatic weapons. That is not to say a non military affiliated civilian cant take the proper steps needed to possess one.

Many states are also adopting a concealed carry law now as well, enabling you to walk around in public with a sidearm.
When I used to live in the city I had 2 pistols in my apartment (357 and a 45.) Never had to use them but certain places its better to be safe then sorry.

edit- Whee, I just realized datora hit those points b4 me =(

Havoc10K:
well here in Poland, you can't have a long firearm unless you have the proper licence for it, like a soldier or a special police officer that has such a licence, you can have a semi-auto gun, but not full auto, if I remember correctly, you need to show your licence for the gun you want to buy ammo for as well, weapon restrictions are very strict in Poland, which we so do prefer, at the very least we don't have school shootouts by students like in USA and some other countries that don't have strict law regarding weapons, I think Japan has it very similar to Poland in regard of having a legal weapon (firearm) or side arms, of curse, procuring an illegal weapon is insanely easy, not to say piss easy, even high grade military long fire arms, hell I know where to go to get Barrett M82A1, the anti-material, I love this gun, seriously, this baby gives a serious punch :D ( I fired it at military practice on a disabled tank, oh baby, it felt so good :D I even run around with that shit in Fallout : Las Vegas, the best gun after Gauss Riffle :) )

well at least in Poland it's near impossible to civilians to acquire high grade military weapons, getting a concealable gun became even harder after an incident from a few weeks ago.

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