Should civilians be allowed to own machine guns?

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

IMO specific equipment isn't and never will be the problem with gun control. It's about making sure that the weapon owning population is as responsible as possible.

I'm fine with machine gun ownership (ie: a fairly relaxed process from the current ban on new purchases) if *all * gun owners have to have a license that requires a certain minimum of range time per year to maintain, locks are mandatory with each firearm purchased, and domestic violence convictions result in an indefinitely suspended license.