And yet, it is. Waken and smell the coffee. You can buy a fully automatic weapon, a machine gun, but expect to be 'infringed':
"Prompted by prohibition era gangsters and the rise of organized crime (law enforcement was seriously outgunned by the likes of
bad guy like Dillinger), the United States drafted the National Firearms Act which passed in 1934. The National Firearms Act did not ban machine guns, but it made them impossible to afford for most people. To buy a machine gun under the 1934 NFA, an individual needs to submit the following (the procedure remains unchanged even today):
- Pay a tax of $200, which in 1934 was worth over $3,500
- Fill out a lengthy application to register your gun with the federal government
- Submit photographs
- Submit passport photos
- Get your chief law enforcement official to sign your application
- Wait for the results of your background check to come back"
So, the evidence is clear an convincing, the 2nd A. is not what you believe it to be. Some guns are regulated, as we saw in the Brady Bill. Sadly, two terrorist organizations - the NRA and the GOP - conspired to allow this bill to sunset. Now they oppose "no fly, no buy" another example of putting the American citizen in harm's way.