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[–] [email protected] 86 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (26 children)

No. That wouldn't happen in a gun store.

You'd have to go to a gun show.

Edit: a gun show is like comic con, only for guns.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

I mean Terminator 1 takes place in 1984. As far a quick search goes, there were no background checks, no assault weapon ban, no waiting period, ..etc

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think you could still buy machine guns. No phased plasma rifles though.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Hey pal, only what you see here.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

What, not even one in the 40-watt range?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's really difficult to buy them even now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The process is quite simple. It's just the prices...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean you can still buy them with a tax stamp if they're made before '86, but you're going to pay a lot and it'll take some time to transfer. I think at the time that you could just walk into a gun store and buy a new Uzi.

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