Total crap. That was a complete loss. Priced an Uzi lately?
Maybe you don’t remember the old days before 1968.
You could buy a rifle, pistol, shotgun anywhere. If you needed ammo the store owner could break up a box of 20 and sell you a few rounds for hunting. NO paper work needed, no government permission.
AFTER 1968.
You could not buy a rifle, pistol or shotgun across state lines. Paperwork required for in state buys. No more broken up boxes of ammo as records were kept on who bought what. No bolt action army surplus rifles were available.
1986.
The law was amended so a person could buy rifles and shotguns across state lines, but not handguns. Ammo record keeping requirements were dropped.
The Dems added the Full auto ban in hopes of killing the whole package. The revision was good for most gun owners and buyers but not full auto buyers. The Government cut their own throat on that one as they lost their tax revenue.
Have you noticed that bolt action army surplus rifles are again available? They did not turn out to be the murderous killing machines they were made out to be before 1968.
Since 1986, I have bought several rifles at the Tulsa Gun Show which is out of state thanks to the 1986 revision.
Total crap. That was a complete loss. Priced an Uzi lately?
You are correct “COMPLETE LOSS” and only a few years shy of reality. 1986 was the first move toward a complete ban of a certain type of weapon and it is working well. Today it is the price of an Uzi or any other machine gun, tomorrow there will be no more as the finite supply of antique, WW1, WWII, obsolete, and pre 86 receivers wear out, concurrent with the time they become so expensive Bill Gates couldn’t afford one.
When the government controls importation, weaponry, the ammo, and eventually parts for repair, yet they remain unrestricted I see the citizen at an extreme disadvantage. No founding Father would ever give government power to usurp Constitutional Rights and the ability to overpower the people. WACO was a preview I don’t need another.