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The liberal media don’t even know what gun laws are on the books, yet they’re trying to dictate the laws that would see many firearms stolen from average Americans. Such was the case on Tuesday’s edition of the always-off-the-rails Deadline: White House on MSNBC. Between former FBI official Frank Figliuzzi and former conservative radio host turned Bulwark sellout, Charlie Sykes, they would have you believe anyone can purchase a fully “automatic” firearm anywhere and that background checks don’t exist.
Asked by fill-in host and leftist radical John Heilemann to speak for all law enforcement agencies in the U.S. for what gun control measures they wanted, Figliuzzi suggested they wanted a “permit or license to buy a gun” and “want people to be checked” before they purchase a gun, and so-called “red flag laws.” “They would love to see some tighter control on automatic [weapons],” he added.
Automatic weapons have been banned in the U.S. since the early 1900s when criminals associated with resisting prohibition were running rampant with them. Currently, the only way to own a fully automatic weapon is to obtain a Class 3 firearms license (which in and of itself is a colloquial term), which can only be issued by the ATF and is mainly reserved for gun dealers and manufacturers.
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