Jussi;
You are correct that our gun laws do not make sense, they, like so many other things in life, are a compromise reached by persons with their own agenda.
However you are not understanding all of the "stuff" that we have to go thru to own a machine gun. Some states still do not allow it at all. And a stocked pistol (other than old ones originally fitted with the stocks) are treated like machine guns.
In short, certain weapons such as machine guns, sawed off shotguns, stocked pistols, etc, are treated differently than a plain old rifle, pistol or shotgun, reguire special taxes to be paid, special background, special rules, etc.
It is confusing, and most of us US citizens still don't know it all.
dju
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