Reply #79: To buy? Yes. To transport? No.

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IMHO, small arms of all sorts should be legal to own and keep on private property -- with consent from the property owner, of course. Any registration and/or licensing should be for transport and firing off premises. You want to keep an uzi around the house for home defense? Okay, good luck, please keep it away from the kids. But the second that thing leaves the owner's property or discharges a bullet that does, the owner and/or shooter becomes completely or jointly liable for the effects, and should be required to prove him/herself sufficiently responsible via a standard weapons safety exam appropriate to the type of firearm considered.

The only reason a firearms manufacturer should be held liable is if the weapon does not function as advertised under normal use and maintenance conditions in a way that materially harms the user or a bystander.