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FPS Russia? Yeah, he’s an American, not Russian.

He was actually a gun maker with a FFL license, which is how he got all those machine guns. He just got off probation for marijuana charges, and is heavily suspected in the mysterious shooting death of his business partner. He won’t be producing anything any time soon, because with that felony charge he won’t be able to get a FFL again.

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Actually the guy that was shot dead was the one with the FFL license, don't think Myers ever had one.

Not even an FFL (which is only needed for pretty crazy guns)- he's not allowed to own any guns at all anymore

Federal firearms license license? Is that a joke about ATM machines?

LED diodes would like to have a word with you.

Perhaps more people should be aware about “LUN Number” defined by the SCSI spec to be… not a number.

You have to do a good bit more to deal in Class III items than just your FFL.

Class 3 SOT to enter the promised lands of S, MG, SBR, SBS, DD, and AOW.

1995 called and wants their FTP protocol back.

An FFL won't help you get an MG, it will help you buy and sell guns. An FFA tax stamp would though.

Actually, FFA is what an individual needs to get a pre-1986 machine gun. It’s how you or I would buy a machine gun if we wanted one. A class III FFL is how you get a post 1986 sample.

Class III FFLs can get ahold of machine guns at MSRP, rather than paying the higher collectible rate for pre-1986 civilian legal examples. It’s also not an easy license to get, for fairly obvious reasons.

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