Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Automatic Weapons Laws In The U.S.

Many people have speculated that Las Vegas shooter Stephen Craig Paddock used automatic weapons in his savage attack that killed 58 people and wounded over 500 others, and in the wake of such speculation much misinformation has been purveyed about the laws regulating automatic weapons in the United States.

Here is a brief collection of data designed to set the record straight, largely derived from Sean Davis at The Federalist: