The NFA was passed in 1934, so it would be strange if it were "little known" among people who are interested in buying firearms. It's codified in chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code. Also, it didn't "allow" us to buy these weapons, it instituted an excise tax and registration requirement that did not previously exist.
This obviously isn't a hunting gun, but as they say, the Founding Fathers didn't draw up the Constitution fresh from a hunting trip. They'd just won a revolution.
I don't remember the name of it off hand, but in the 80's a Law was passed restricting any manufacture of new machine guns for civilian sales, thus putting an extreme price pressure on existing inventory. Legal to own, they just can't make any more.
So you can buy an semi auto AR15 for $500, but a legal full auto version is $15,000.
Raven, my understanding from watching Ian McCullum (Forgotten Weapons) on YouTube is that the Assault Weapons ban closed the NFA Registry to new manufacturer automatic weapons and it hasn't been re-opened.
It's really not the NFA that's the issue but the Byzantine series of ATF rulings and judgements about what is and isn't a legally registerable and transferable firearm.
The meme is aimed at the gun-ignorant, as an attempt to take advantage of their ignorance and do what we who think there should be little to no restriction on arms is actually right. It parodies their typical uninformed commentaries. In my wildest dreams, they fall for it.
The NFA was passed in 1934, so it would be strange if it were "little known" among people who are interested in buying firearms. It's codified in chapter 53 of the Internal Revenue Code. Also, it didn't "allow" us to buy these weapons, it instituted an excise tax and registration requirement that did not previously exist.
ReplyDeleteThis obviously isn't a hunting gun, but as they say, the Founding Fathers didn't draw up the Constitution fresh from a hunting trip. They'd just won a revolution.
I don't remember the name of it off hand, but in the 80's a Law was passed restricting any manufacture of new machine guns for civilian sales, thus putting an extreme price pressure on existing inventory. Legal to own, they just can't make any more.
ReplyDeleteSo you can buy an semi auto AR15 for $500, but a legal full auto version is $15,000.
Tex, SHHH!!!! Don't tell the lefties that! Let them think that's all the NFA of 34 does!
ReplyDeleteRaven, my understanding from watching Ian McCullum (Forgotten Weapons) on YouTube is that the Assault Weapons ban closed the NFA Registry to new manufacturer automatic weapons and it hasn't been re-opened.
ReplyDeleteIt's really not the NFA that's the issue but the Byzantine series of ATF rulings and judgements about what is and isn't a legally registerable and transferable firearm.
The meme is aimed at the gun-ignorant, as an attempt to take advantage of their ignorance and do what we who think there should be little to no restriction on arms is actually right. It parodies their typical uninformed commentaries. In my wildest dreams, they fall for it.
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