I hear there are certain people who can own these guns like police officers, military, etc...... Is this true and if I were to ever run across one used could I own it legally as a civilian?
The pistol is not restricted. Just the AP ammo. FN has 5 or 6 diffrent loads for the pistol and the P90 all but two have been restricted by the BATF to LE and military use only.
The ammo for the civilian market WILL NOT penetrate Level IIA and Level IIIA Kevlar, Kevlar 129 or Spectra vests, contrary to popular myth put originated by misguided politicians and gun control advocates trying to advance their agenda. Ballistically, the 5.7 round is very similar to the .22 WMR (Winchester Magnum Rimfire) round.
18 USC 921(a)(17) said:(B) The term "armor piercing ammunition" means -
(i) a projectile or projectile core which may be used in a
handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the presence
of traces of other substances) from one or a combination of
tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or
depleted uranium; or
(ii) a full jacketed projectile larger than .22 caliber
designed and intended for use in a handgun and whose jacket has a
weight of more than 25 percent of the total weight of the
projectile.
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