LMT
is the current supplier of the US
Armed Forces for the M203 (under
the AR15 or M16). These are available
for civilian purchase, with NFA background
check and of course the $200 federal
tax
NFA is an abbreviation
for National Firearms Act. Since 1934,
the Federal Government has regulated
the ownership of machine guns and several
other types of weapons (including grenade
launchers). The National Firearms Act
of 1934 provides for the registration,
and the taxing of the transfer, of
a class of weapons described as NFA
Title 2 weapons (sometimes referred
to as "Class 3 weapons"). These include
machine guns, short barreled rifles
(i.e. rifles with barrels less than
16" or less than 26" in length overall),
short barreled shotguns, silencers
(also known as suppressors) and regulation
of destructive devices such as grenade
launchers.
