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Are you asking about NFA type guns ?
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In case the OP is not familiar with NFA weapons, here's some documentation on the ATF website.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/nfa/
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/guides/i...-firearms.html (keep in mind that this is by no means a list of
every NFA firearm, just many of the common ones)
Here's probably the most crucial one to read:
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/nati...hine-guns.html
In a nutshell: Machine guns lawfully registered and possessed before May 19, 1986 may be owned by civilians. Those that weren't, basically can't.
Other NFA firearms
can be registered, but the process is complicated.
Be aware that the NFA and ATF define a "machine gun" as any firearm that is designed to discharge more than one shot per trigger pull,
or the parts required to convert another type of firearm to do so, e.g. full-auto conversion kits for semi-automatic firearms. IOW the semantic debates about what's a machine pistol, a submachine gun, an assault rifle, etc. are meaningless here; if it goes "rat-a-tat" when you pull the trigger once, the ATF says it's legally a machine gun.
For firearms other than NFA firearms, registration is entirely a matter of state law, and the question cannot be answered without knowing your (the OP's) state of residence.