Here Are The Actual Federal Laws Regulating Machine Guns In The U.S. - The Federalist

Here Are The Actual Federal Laws Regulating Machine Guns In The U.S. - The Federalist
"Private ownership of machine guns made after 1986 is banned by federal law
 All pre-1986 automatic weapons must be registered with the ATF and require extensive background checks before private citizens may own them.
...The horrific mass shooting of scores of people in Las Vegas on Sunday has once again re-ignited the gun control debate in the U.S. 
...Here are the facts on federal regulation of machine guns and fully automatic weapons in the United States.
Federal law highly regulates the manufacture, sale, and ownership of fully automatic weapons in the United States. 
For those unfamiliar with firearms nomenclature, a fully automatic weapon is one that is capable of firing multiple rounds with only one pull of the trigger; a semi-automatic weapon will fire only one round per trigger pull while preparing the gun to fire another round when the trigger is pulled again. 
The main federal law governing fully automatic weapons is called the National Firearms Act, or NFA. 
First enacted in 1934, this federal law regulates fully automatic weapons, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and destructive devices such as bombs or grenades. 
The NFA was subsequently modified in 1968 by the Gun Control Act and in 1986 by the Firearm Owners Protection Act..."
Read on and know the facts!