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Originally Posted by MoviePropMaster2008
he 'claimed' that it was the Gun Control Act of 1968 banned Machine guns!
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Didn't the GCA specify import restrictions on weapons not recognized as having sporting/hunting purposes (which would include machine guns)? I've always been under the impression that this is why most of the transferable machine guns of foreign manufacture (AKs, H&Ks, Uzis, etc.) are semi-auto civilian models that have been converted with domestically-produced auto sears by American Class III manufacturers? So in other words, the GCA would not allow a civilian (before the FOPA) to import a factory H&K MP5 and register it with the ATF...the only thing they could do was buy an HK94 and send it along to Vollmer or some other company to have it converted to MP5 specs. Maybe that's what this guy meant.
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Originally Posted by Excalibur
So most full auto weapons we see in the hands of civilian are more likely pre-86?
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Yes, because the FOPA specifically said any machine guns not registered before May 1986 are not legal for civilians to own.