-=> Quoting Lyle Knox to Guy Putnam <=-
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 ZS>> Can I get some info On Buying/laws about M-16's?
 
 GP> Under federal law you have to pay a one-time $200 tax &
 GP> wait 3 months to get your permit before you can take the
 GP> automatic rifle home.  After that, you can take it around
 GP> your state of residence, but if you transport it out of
 GP> state you must get prior acknowledgement by ATF.  They have
 GP> a form specifially for that.  You can let other people
 GP> shoot it as long as you are there, but you can't loan it
 GP> out.
 LK> Don't you also have to keep the paperwork with the gun at all times,
 LK> including while you're out shooting it?
Yes, you are supposed to keep the permit with you when toting it around. 
You'd want to anyway, in case you got searched by cops.  The cops could
call ATF's NFA Branch in DC to find out you were ok, but NFA Branch isn't
open on the weekends . . . .
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