What happened to this country? Our beloved USA has slowly and steadily declined. Declined to the point where America has more takers than producers. Those who wanted "change" got exactly what they asked for. We no longer have the things we used to have. We used to have pride in working, pride in living, and pride in everything we do.

Somewhere along the line, the now majority, found it easier to blame others for their problems. They have turned to asking for and demanding handouts and other forms of help instead of trying to help themselves. While Americans used to march to the beat of our own drum, some now look at how foreign societies operate and suggest we use that a basis for how our country operates.

What was wrong with the original formula? The formula our country was founded on:

• The American Dream?
• The Land of the Free?

The media has done their best to convince America how bad guns are. And honestly, they have done a pretty good job so far. Liberals have gained strength saying things like "why does anyone need a gun with more than 10 rounds." As an avid-shooter I will honestly say this: they don't. I admit it. But that's not what this is about. It's about our government making decisions for us which goes completely against the what our country was founded on.

Why does anyone need a Corvette that goes 200+ MPH? The answer is the same, they don't. Does that mean Chevrolet should allow the government to ban them from producing them? Following the same logic, it's possible for a car that goes that fast to kill people so why allow people to own them? Barrack Obama and the media have essentially brainwashed the unsuspecting majority from seeing the real issue here.

As Americans it's our right to own things we want regardless of "need." Once we let our government tell us what we can or can't have, what's the point in even being America anymore?

This is a simple overview of the US laws concerning assault rifles (machine guns) laws. Ownership, manufacturing, and sales of machine guns are also covered. A common misconception is that a machine gun (or assault rifle as the media calls them) is a fully automatic weapon. Machine guns are defined as guns that will fire more than 1 rounds each time the trigger is pulled. This can be as little as 2, 3, or many rounds until the magazine is empty. If your gun shoots 2 rounds each time the trigger is pulled, then according the ATF, you have a machine gun. There are several US laws concerning the possession of machine guns. First, under the GCA (Gun Control Act) US manufactured machine guns manufactured AFTER May 19th, 1986 are NOT permitted for civilian ownership under ANY circumstances. Basically this means if you want a machine gun it will have to be a REGISTERED firearm manufactured BEFORE May 19th, 1986.

Once the GCA amended machine guns, owners were allowed to register them into the National Firearms Act Registry. Upon approval, they were issued tax stamps for each machine gun ensuring they were allowed to continue legal ownership. There are commonly referred to as "pre-ban guns" or "transferable machine guns." If the guns were NOT registered at that time (even if they were manufactured before May 19th, 1986) they are now considered illegal machine guns.

There are what some may consider loopholes to legal machine gun ownership. Class 3/SOT license holders are allowed to purchase and deal in post-ban machine guns. You can read more in the article titled HOWTO: Purchase post sample machine guns.

Civilians may learn more about purchasing and owning a pre-ban machine gun in the article titled Buying a machine gun.

You may have seen or heard about shooting a suppressor with a medium to increase the effectiveness. It's known as shooting "wet." It does work, and I have performed both wet and dry suppressed shooting indoors. However, there are several things you should know about shooting suppressors wet.

1. It's messy
2. It may rust your magazine springs
3. It's messy

Once you introduce water to the suppressor it not only makes it quieter, but adds a warm carbon-filled mist to the blow back gas. After 1 magazine of shooting wet, your hand or wrist will have a soot-like warm water which spills out from the breech of your gun. More than likely, you will also have a small amount on your face/shooting glasses which makes you look like a coal miner if you get enough of it.

Your magazines will get very dirty as well. It wasn't until I took my magazines apart, that I realized excess water had become trapped in the bottom of the magazine and caused the spring to rust. I have tried other mediums like white lithium grease and wire pulling gel. The grease made the gun MUCH more dirty than water. The wire pulling gel was a little better about leaving the gun less dirty, but it made the excess blow back sticky which was almost as bad to clean off your hands as the grease.

Due to these results, I rarely shoot my suppressors wet. If you are going to do it, make sure you use no more than the suggested 5cc of medium as anything more will produce an even bigger mess. On average, I got about 1-2 magazines of assistance from the medium before it needed to be re-charged.