![]() ![]() Sometimes, he says, he gets a discount from his illicit sources by buying in volume, getting dozens of preassembled Glock machine guns packaged in a single crate. He says a new Glock handgun that he normally would sell for $1,000 will fetch at least $500 more with a switch attached. The dealer says he sells preassembled Glock machine guns as his “little part-time job.” It’s a good sideline, he says: “Guns are making more money than cocaine right now.” “If I was to think about that, I ain’t gonna make no money,” he says. Just like drug dealers don’t worry about their clients overdosing, he says, he can’t think about people getting shot. He also says he’s not losing any sleep about what his buyers might do with the guns, switches and extended magazines he sells them. He says that’s because he deals with only a small number of trusted clients who won’t inform on him to the police or federal authorities. The penalty for breaking that law is a prison term of as long as 10 years.īut the underground gun seller who spoke to the Sun-Times says he’s not afraid of getting caught. ![]() Under that law, individual switches themselves - even those not attached to a gun - are considered machine guns. Valentine’s Day massacre in 1929, in which seven of arch-gangster Al Capone’s rivals were gunned down on Clark Street in Lincoln Park. The aim was to get Tommy guns out of the hands of criminals who were carrying out mass shootings such as the St. That requirement was put in place under the National Firearms Act, signed in 1934 by President Franklin Roosevelt. They’re outlawed in some states but not in Illinois, Indiana or Wisconsin.Ī special federal license is needed to own a machine gun in the United States. And a buyer doesn’t need a permit to get one. Anyone can buy one at gun shops and sporting goods stores, though not in Cook County, which bans them. If an extended magazine doesn’t come with the gun, those, too, are readily available. The police have found that gang members sometimes modify handguns themselves other times, they buy handguns preassembled with switches. I will definitely be returning again next time i am in Vegas to do the whole experience again and will use 2Vegas. The instructor was very patient and explained everything thoroughly. I chose Ultimate 5* Desert Storm - Desert Shooting 8 of the Biggest Guns, it was absolutely amazing and i am still buzzing two weeks after the experience. Blair was a fountain of local knowledge on the way to the shooting range and back, making the journey both enjoyable and educational. ![]() On the day of my trip his Driver "Blair " contacted me via WhatsApp with a photo of himself and a one of the Vehicle he would be picking me up in and updated me with his eta. įrom the phone call I received a few days before my shooting experience from Paul Scally the organiser advising me of adverse weather conditions on the day of my planned shooting experience and rearranging the day and time so I wouldn't be disappointed I new I would be in safe hands. I carefully researched all the companies and packages available before choosing this one and pleased to say I made the right choice and wasn't disappointed. This was my forth time Shooting when visiting Vegas, my first time through. ![]()
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