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Idaho prohibits minors from possessing automatic weapons.1 Idaho does not have other laws regulating machine guns or automatic weapons.

Federal law requires machine guns to be registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF), and generally prohibits the transfer or possession of machine guns manufactured after May 19, 1986.2

 See our Machine Guns policy summary for a comprehensive discussion of this issue. 

  1. Idaho Code Ann. § 18-3302F.[]
  2. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[]