Are automatic weapons legal? Yes! For the most part, at least.<\/p>\n
Whether you can legally possess an automatic weapon hinges on three factors: who you are, where you live, and when the firearm was manufactured. You\u2019ll also need a lot of money.<\/p>\n
An automatic weapon, or machine gun, fires multiple bullets when you pull the trigger once. Compare it to a semi-automatic weapon, which fires one shot and subsequently loads a new cartridge when its trigger is pulled.<\/p>\n
After that you\u2019ve got manually operated firearms, which generally require some extra action on the part of the shooter to fire successive shots. These include bolt-actions, pump-actions, and lever-actions.<\/p>\n
The video snippet below features a shooter with an automatic AK-47 firing bulk 7.62×39 ammunition<\/a>. This type of rifle isn’t illegal but it’s not the type of firearm you can typically find in a local gun shop and leave with that same day after a simple background check.<\/p>\n\n\t