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photos, two fingerprint cards, a citizenship
authorization, and a bribe, er, transfer tax check
made payable to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms for the one time per item transfer tax of
$200. This procedure as sketched above also
works for Short-barrel Shotguns, Short-barrel
Rifles, and silencers. Whew!
Of course that’s not an all-encompassing
list of procedures, but it’ll give you an idea on
whether you wish to drop $7,000-$30,000 down
on a firearm. Still cheaper than, say, a $150K
double-rifle for your trips to the plains of Africa,
but several orders of magnitude higher than a
9mm pistol. It all boils down to your needs and
what a particular weapon can add to your personal
arsenal. So in coverage of firearms, let’s discuss
the merits.
The H&K MP5 has been called the “best allaround
SMG on the market.” 78 It is certainly
considered the “most popular submachine gun
with the counterterrorist elite.” 79 The units that
have adopted the MP5 in the past include the
British SAS, the German GSG-9, the FBI-HRT,
Delta, SEALs, USMC, LAPD, LASD-SEB, and just
about everyone else. 80 You will also notice that just
about every one of these units operate at least
partially within the hostage rescue mode.
The MP5 is compact, reliable, utilizes a
standard cartridge and when spec’d with an
integrated silencer (MP5-SDA2) and subsonic
ammo is absolutely silent. What it offers you is an
ability to unleash firepower upon your target. A
9mm semi-automatic pistol may keep your
assailant’s head down, but a full-auto MP5 would