@BigFeef: You might want to read up on your Federal law. You can buy/sell ones already made, cannot make new ones, or possess the parts to make/convert one. If people followed your advice, they'd wind up in prison lol
"Under the NFA, it is illegal for any private civilian to own any fully automatic weapons manufactured after May 19, 1986. Only certain types of FFL/SOTs may make them, and then only for purchase by qualified state and federal agencies. There are no exceptions. According to the ATF’s official handbook on NFA laws and regulations, it’s not even legal to make new replacement parts for pre-1986 machine guns: “There is no exception allowing for the lawful production, transfer, possession, or use of a post-May 18, 1986 machinegun receiver as a replacement receiver on a weapon produced prior to May 19, 1986.”
"So what about pre-1986 machine guns? Are civilians permitted to own those? Yes, with a host of exceptions. The pre-1986 machine guns may be sold only by a FFL/SOT and must be registered with the ATF." Good luck with the forms, waiting, and tax stamp on top of the already stupidly expensive firearm.
It's not an assault weapons ban, it's just Federal law (Which I'm against. Shall not be infringed and all.)
@BigFeef: I clearly sated that selling them is legal. It is legal to own them, provided they were made before May 19, 1986, and are registered. You cannot make one, or modify a semi-auto into one. That is illegal. It's not legal to possess the parts to do so. That's also illegal.
@BigFeef: Modifying it to be fully automatic is illegal to begin with, unless you're talking about a bump stock (which the ATF has twice ruled doesn't convert your firearm to full-auto), which can be replicated by using your finger in your belt loop. Whoopee.
@sellingthings: Well for one, they're transitioning out of GDDR5 and into HBM. The same old production lines need to be scrapped and re-tooled since they're not making the same old RAM anymore. That's likely one issue.
Polygon article states "Although manufacturing is not constrained by the availability of silicon, the company is contending with shortages in both GDDR5 and HBM2 memory.".
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