Pennsylvania law prohibits the possession of machine guns, unless the machine gun was registered under the federal law, or falls within some other exception.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. 18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 908(a), (b)(1).[↩]
2. 18 U.S.C. § 922(o); 26 U.S.C. § 5861(d).[↩]