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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)
If I could afford it why couldn't I own it was the question. Although I am still interested in others opinions on the matter.
This leads to another question in my mind. Would it be possible if I were in possession of my own fighter aircraft (keeping with the same platform here) to be issued a Letter of Marque?
I posed the question that if I could afford an F/A-18 complete with all the trimmings why shouldn't I be able to have one.
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There was a protection act in 1986 that prohibited the sale of new machine guns to the public. You can still buy one if you go through all the costly licenses, fees and approval process, but about the only ones that do are gun dealers. Course laws vary state to state. The same with explosives. I think they're about 300,000 registered fully auto guns in the US, more owned by the public than police.
If you could find a F/A-18 for sale, you could own one, many private pilots own figher aircraft, use them at airshows. However, you couldn't purchase the missles, etc. Course, you could always go to another country and buy any weapon you want or have it shipped here. Just search online, you can buy about any type weapon or plane you want at auction. However, weapon systems have to be decommisioned if you want it shipped to the US.