Should it be legal to own an RPG-7?

Question

According to the Second Amendment: the right of the people to keep and

bear Arms shall not be infringed, it never says what "Arms" are, so I should be allowed to have a pile of RPG-7s by my bed, and some Claymores in my front yard, and a Merkava in my driveway, right?

Answer 1

Check with the BATF.... if you can afford the taxes there is a whole bunch of stuff you can own "legally". Heck...you may even own it "illeagally" but it may draw some attention if you ever deploy your stash and detonate it.

Now..your home insurance may be a different story <wink>

Answer 2

Absolutely. The Second Amendment is there so that the people will be able to protect themselves from the Government. If the government is allowed to have weapons that the people are not allowed to have it would defeat the purpose of the Second Amendment.

People shouldn't be afraid of their government, governments should be afraid of their people.

Answer 3

Yes,  I think it should be legal to own any weapon.  But not NBCR weapons.  For the Class Three weapons aka, Full auto, DD,  SIlencers.  It shouldn't be so d**n hard to get them.  But at the same time.  There should be some kind of training class held by a qualified instructors. Before getting one.  Like a one day thing.  Like hunters safety, but for Rocket Launcher. It should teach you proper storage, Firing, Blast radius, back blast.  

Answer 4

Where did you get the idea that you couldn't?

You can buy an RPG under the National Firearms Act as a "Destructive Device", following an FBI/BATF background check and trhe recipt of a 200.00 tax. There are numerous examples in this country on the NFA registry that were brought back from Vietnam. Good luck getting rockets for them though. There may be a few floating around here and there, but they're scarce as hens teeth and frog hair, and each rocket grenade also requires an additional background check and 200.00 tax. There are some RPG training rounds recently imported into this country that fire a 7.62X39 round through a fake rocket. These would be the only economical way to shoot an RPG. You can probably find an RPG or two right here if you are interested.

http://www.autoweapons.com

(edit)Nope,  they are sold out at the moment. They do have M203 and M79 grenade launchers and grenades though. Mortars, too.

Answer 5

As an American, I feel I have been robbed-- I have not once received by bear arms...

Assuming you meet the criteria set forth by your federal and state governments, yes.  

Answer 6

I hate to be an a*****e but you really shouldnt be able to own anything that can possibly harm people that easily, the constitution was written before even semi-automatic weapons were out

Answer 7

Yes

Except

The SCOTUS decision that the pro gunners are celebrating just effectively said no

It is not used for traditional activities and is not commonly used

Before this "wonderful decision came out it could have been argued that we did have a constitutional right to own such things

They can be used and stored responsibly and cause no injury or danger to others

They are individual weapons not crew served and they are not WMDs by any stretch of intelligent imagination

The function of 2nd Is not just  for Elmer and Co to hunt or for little Johnny to shoot pop cans or even just for defense of ones self

It is also there to allow the militia  to defend the constitution form all enemies foreign and domestic



Even though they are currently legal with tax stamps and registrations that could all change with a stroke of a presidential pen and be fully supported by  SCOTUS

Answer 8

In a perfect society, where a properly run government does not operate in constant fear of it's law-abiding citizens, said citizens should be able to purchase, possess, and CARRY ANY weapon their patriotic hearts may desire, for ANY reason, unencumbered by ANY frivolous 'licenses', 'permits', or other superfluous 'regulation'.

Answer 9

I do like the idea of owning an RPG-7.  Provided you could find a transferable one, it would be ownable.   The tough part would be shooting it.  Each explosive projectile would also be considered a destructive device and would be subject to the same hassle as the RPG-7 itself.  I can also believe that finding a range to shoot it at would be very difficult.  There are a lot of laws dictating where and how explosives may be detonated.

I also like the sound of the claymores too, but I don't know if I would want them.  I got a feeling that some dumb animal would set it off and waste a perfectly good claymore.  Plus if you ever needed any of the emergency services at your house (Medical, Fire, Law Enforcement) I got a feeling they probably wouldn't want to navigate a lawn of claymores to reach your house.  

Answer 10

You can own an RPG-7... The question is, do you know the right people, and are you rich enough to wade through all the red tape and regulations. The government will never make any weapon entirely illegal, because they know they can't. But they will make it so ridiculously difficult that is in all intents and purposes impossible.

Answer 11

I have pondered this question from time to time. I really believe that we as Americans (law abiding ones) ought to be able to own any weapon we want! Think of it. The gov. says that we can't own automatics due to public safety. However, as long as you have a clean record and pay a fee (astronomical one!) you can own one. Soooooo, it is all about the money in the end! No other time in history has the average American been so curtailed about how we express our 2nd amendment rights. I would love to own a full auto ak 47 but don't see the sense in paying the gov. (penalty) fee. Frankly, I don't see how the gov. was allowed to curtail the 2nd amendment in the early 20th centry.