> Automatic rifles in the US are much, much more difficult and expensive to acquire than one would think--tens of thousands of dollars usually
Clarification: to acquire legally. It is not nearly that expensive black market.
Clarification: to acquire legally. It is not nearly that expensive black market.
Sure, you can make an unreliable automatic from a semi-auto easily. But it's a far cry from a commercial/military product.
One could make [1] their own in 2020 illegally with the hand tools you find at an Ace Hardware Store.