Posted on 02/07/2009 4:17:07 PM PST by Parody
Drugs, artillery emplacements, napalm, prostitution - sometimes it seems like the best things in life are illegal. For some reason, the fascists who control this country don't believe in your God given right to smoke meth and man a 155-millimeter Howitzer.
Luckily for us, there are a lot of awesome things out there that Uncle Sam amazingly hasn't taken away from us yet. Read this article, and then go and pick up one of everything while you still can!
(Excerpt) Read more at cracked.com ...
fitty cal. That should be on the list, too.
Actually, you CAN own a cannon.
#8 Catapult
#9 Crossbow
#10 Swords
Sure, if you build it yourself.
Or if you have certain clearances (specifically a lot of money), I suppose you might be able to buy a working antique and some cannonballs to go with it.
About $8k, no license required.
Why, when there are cool secrets, does some jerk put them out there for the whole world to see? Spoils all the fun for us! Someone puts there eye out, and then they ban the stuff!
The BATF says potato guns are illegal, or unlawful. Can’t remember which .....
Yeah, well, if you happen to have $8k lying around that you don’t feel like saving against this upcoming economic catastrophe, more power to you.
Heck, if I could make that kind of money selling cannons, I’d be wanting to get into the business myself.
I was at a gun show in Georgia, in fact helping a dealer out for a few minutes when he sold a Tommy Gun to a guy for $2000 plus the licensing fees. The guy paid with a credit card.
Of course he couldn’t take delivery until the paperwork was approved. I don’t know how long it took until the guy actually got the gun but it didn’t take all that long to complete the paperwork.
That must have been quite a few years ago! Thompsons go for a lot more than that today...
I have a trebuchet
It was around 1995 and I thought it was a little cheap but with the tax being levied each time one is transferred the price will eventually get sky high.
When the hippies were stumbling through the streets in the Sixties, there were numerous Power to the People books: "Steal This Book" by Abbie Hoffman, "The Anarchist's Cookbook," etc.. The lunatic fringe babbled endlessly about how they were written to celebrate the freedom of speech, and how "the Man" was bent on censoring them to shut up "the Resistance" blah blah blah.
Fast forward 40 years and those same unwashed hypocrites are now demanding that the government ("the Man") silence Rush Limbaugh and censor survivalist guides by right-wingers.
Every time a leftist looks in the mirror, two faces stare back at him.
Cool. You seen the ones in England that toss pianos down yonder?
Apparently an Ohio sheriff has declared icefishing illegal today.
Lame list. Lousy research.
You CAN man a 155mm howitzer. Last I saw one was going for $125,000 plus $200 tax.
Prostitution IS legal - at least in NV. Reasonable licensing & testing applies.
Meth may not be legal, but plenty of drugs are.
And yes .50BMGs are legal - just like any rifle.
Your jurisdiction may vary. If it sucks, leave. I did.
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