Have questions about American guns.

American citizens or legal immigrants can store manual or semi-automatic short guns (pistols) and long guns (shotguns, rifles) with barrels exceeding 16 inches. Chicago is an exception. The city regulations themselves stipulate that individuals are not allowed to buy and own pistols, but they cannot control those outside the city. Washington, D.C., was ruled by the Supreme Court last year that citizens can own pistols. In some States, gun laws are strict, and it is necessary to apply for a gun license. There is a waiting period after purchase, and guns must be registered and locked. States with friendly gun laws can basically buy as much as they want as long as they pass the real-time background check.

In addition, individuals can own submachine guns, fully automatic rifles, short-barrel rifles, short-barrel shotguns, machine guns, heavy machine guns, silencers, etc., as long as the state gun law allows individuals to own them. However, the application requirements are very strict, and the price of fully automatic weapons is very expensive, so the more common choices are generally silencers and short-barrel rifles.

Because guns don't need to be registered in some States, you don't have to call the police if you lose them. Except some states, it is required to notify the police within a reasonable time. The rest of the States stipulate that the police must be called. If citizens take adequate preventive measures and guns are lost and cause serious consequences, the gun owner will not bear legal responsibility. Each state has different requirements for such adequate preventive measures.

Bullets can be obtained from gun shops, shooting ranges, sporting goods stores, some supermarkets or online. Wal-Mart is the largest bullet retailer.

Almost all pistols now have built-in shooter insurance. When the trigger is not pressed to the bottom, the striker is locked and will not hit the primer of the bullet because of the influence of external impact. The fire is almost 100% the result of pulling the trigger yourself. It should be noted that some competition guns will remove the shooter's insurance in order to have a lighter and better trigger feeling. This kind of gun is not suitable for carrying and self-defense. The muzzle or tail of this loaded gun may be violently hit or fall to the ground, thus causing a fire. Most long guns have no shooter insurance.

I have a friend who stayed in America. He said that pistols cost about several hundred yuan, and rifles and shotguns cost about two or three thousand yuan.

It is extremely difficult for ordinary citizens to apply for licenses for machine guns or submachine guns, such as Malik Keqin, gatling and Tang Musun, and the price may be tens of thousands.