Georgia generally allows possession of a machine gun if it is registered as required by federal law.¹

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. Ga. Code Ann. §§ 16-11-122 – 16-11-123, 16-11-124(d).[↩]
2. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[↩]