I'm not quite sure what jurisdiction you are in, Patron, but wearing my (English) lawyer hat I would comment:
1. If you are building a gun-firing tank, then you are building a weapon rather than just owning one, which may require a different licence. 2. If it kills or injures anyone, it's almost certainly illegal (except in Texas). 3. Don't ask the police- they never claim to know anything. But they will come round and check for any possible offences- breathing without a licence, causing a disturbance of the police, etc. 4. You could ask a local lawyer but what I'd do is to ask whatever government department around your way licences guns, or proofs them. 5. You want to trust your life and that of your friends and neighbours to home-made wiring? Interesting to wonder what happens if you get a bit of interference, say from a police radio (see 3. above) which causes your tank to shoot someone (see 2. above). 6. The bank robbery idea is good, but it'll probably be quite a slow getaway. Also aiming may be a problem and you should pick a bank with very low counters. 7. Insurance? Guess! In the UK incidentally, paintball guns count as airguns. Phil On Aug 11, 7:22 am, Patron <[email protected]> wrote: > Ha, I'm not even sure who to ask. > "Excuse me officer, but would it be legal for me to make a 4ft. Tank > that can actually fire .45 or .50 caliber rounds?" > I can just see the look on their face...which almost makes me want to > ask. > > > > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 0:10, Gregory Kampjes wrote: > > It may well not be, since you aren't directly controlling the gun, you > > are going through the electronics. > > > -Gregory > > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:51 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> In a message dated 8/10/2010 9:40:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > >> [email protected] writes: > > >>> No. Hence why I'm asking because as cool as it'd be, itl[ not worth > >>> getting arrested for. > >>> But if you already own a firearms license... > > >> my goof, he was shooting blanks, but was able to fire live rounds. i > >> know it was a long shell for what he used > > >> Chris, > >> Odyssey Slipways > > >> -- > > >> You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > >> To post a message, send email to [email protected] > >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > >> Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > > -- > > > You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. > > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > Visit the group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat > > "I accuse God for the murder of eternity > My everything that is nothing > Christian propaganda and dog sperm"- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
