You can't own a full auto capable A.K. without having a Class III FFL and live in the appropriate states. Oregon or Texas for example. It doesnt matter if you have placed an artifical restriction on its firing selector or even the internals. It has to be a semi-auto parts kit installed in the receiver for it to classify as the sport rifle that is sold across america.
I'm looking into that now, but that is what I have found so far, I want to get into auto fire sporting events eventually, so would love to get the class three, right now though it is prohibitively expensive.
I would rather not own one period, unless it WAS fully automatic. Compared to the AR series, they are junk. Some people find them fun, I would rather have a longer range rifle though.
No argument from me, the ARs are far better in semi-form, long ranges are great, and honestly all quality arms are fun in my opinion.
I agree on the ownership category. I don't really see it as a huge issue for someone to have to go through the proper channels in order to ensure they are capable of using and owning a fully automatic firearm. But to restrict them to the public is silly.
It's absolutely silly, which is what most people can't see.
Right now you cannot even buy/sell a machine gun (Which includes fully automatic rifles, heavy machine guns, sub-gun weaponry, automatic pistols, and any other firearm that is capable of an accelerated rate of fire while holding the trigger instead of having to pull the trigger for each shot to occur) legally, unless they were made before 1986.
That to me makes no sense.
It needs to be done in a way that prohibits no one from exercising the from legitimate ownership, if legitimacy takes one or two simple steps, it is the best compromise IMO.