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We_Have_A_Problem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-18-11 09:28 AM
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147. Arguably yes.
It is legal to own an RPG already. The ammo is controlled by the NFA, but there's no reason you couldn't have one if you wanted it.

As far as nukes, thats a silly point to bring up. Nuke ownership is severely limited simply by the financial cost.

Currently all uranium in the US is owned by the federal government as are all reactors which could refine the material to weapons grade. The government is under no obligation to actually sell any of those to a private party.

So, to privately obtain a nuke, you'd have to either buy one on the black market at an absurd cost, violating a billion laws in the process, or you'd have to build your own from scratch. By that, I mean from mining the raw material to the final finished product. The sheer cost of that alone limits the buyer pool to Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and ...well that's about it.
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