Legal to mount an out of service LMG to the side on an e30?

[Mercury[BKM]]

mounted light machine gun and an #InvadePoland sticker on the back....

is a new era of e30 modifications upon us?

[Pantless Spency]

occupy poland sticker, just because its ironic for the time being.haha.

[ALYKZANDYR]

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[e30e]

1. Mount it
2. Take pictures
3. ??????
4. Profit!

[TurboJake]

I kinda want to do this with either mounting it to a trailer hitch on a motorized base, to prevent tailgaters.
Or on top of a roof rack.....


Just to see what would happen.

[xAZxE30x]

I dont know about Texas, but here in AZ last weekend I was driving next to a motorcylce with a side car with a similar machine gun attached to it. haha i was cracking up because he was in full uniform to!

[accident]

do it.

[leothedrummer]

A mate of mine actually did extensive research into the legality of mounting a replica .50cal on his Lancruiser ute. It turns out that such a thing is highly illegal in this country.

[imsotyerred]

Honestly, I don't care whether or not it has a swastika on it. I just couldn't imagine giving the police such blatant probable cause.

having an inop gun mounted to your vehicle is not probable cause for anything. Probable cause is based upon destruction of evidence.

from ATF website: Sauce

The National Firearms Act defines "machinegun" as "any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger." 26 U.S.C. 5845(b).

You say that the grip, trigger have been removed but did not mention whether or not the rest of the firing mechanism is intact. if it is, It would seem to me that your weapon fall under the article I quoted above, '...can be readily restored to shoot...'

What this specifically has to do with your question? I'm not entirely sure but it may create complications later on.

Down in the outer banks I've seen trucks with heavy weapons mounted in the back. though, I'm sure those are completely decommissioned/no one cares because it's the beach.

[trackjunkie21]

This is where Darwinism comes in to the rescue.

[parkerbink]

Only positive things can come of this.

QFT on opposite day.

having an inop gun mounted to your vehicle is not probable cause for anything.

How do they know it is operable or not until they pull you over?

[b*saint]

Id find a working example.

[Raxe]

Get another for the other side.

[Mercury[BKM]]

Get another for the other side.

good point, would have to consider weight balance when the m30 gets droppin there.

The MG is rusty, someone tried to paint it but it is still easy to tell on the inside of the barrel that it was neglected apparantly.

now i was going to remove the grip, trigger, sling and tripod/bipod and sell those to recover some monies from buying it
I wonder if removing the firing pin would be enough to make it truly in-op and mountable. Seeing as how you can with enough know how and equipment turn ANY in-op weapon operational again.

[mrsleeve]

I don't know whether or not it's legal. I'm pretty convinced that it's a bad idea, though.

this is kinda my take on it.


Just because you CAN (well might be allowed to) does not mean you SHOULD