IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR FREEPERS WITH FIREARMS!Akins Accelerator(tm) reclassified as NFA by BATFE

Atkins Accelerator (TM) ^ | 13 DEC 06 | dcbryan1

[DCBryan1]

BATFE DECIDES THE AKINS ACCELERATOR™ TO BE A MACHINEGUN

Akins Group Inc. regrets to announce that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has reversed its position and has decided the Akins Accelerator™ to be a machinegun conversion kit, thereby subjecting it to strict regulation under the Gun Control Act (GCA) and National Firearms Act (NFA).

ATF rescinded its previous determination that the Akins Accelerator™ was not a machinegun subject to the GCA or NFA (see http://www.firefaster.com/documentation.html for original documentation).

Attorneys for the Akins Group Inc. are seeking reconsideration by ATF of its new position. In the interim, any sale, transfer, or return of the Akins Accelerator™ must be suspended. Akins Group Inc. will advise further after meeting with ATF.

Akins Group Inc. has received no instruction as to the disposition of units in customer hands. Please refrain from public speculation and emotional responses and allow our Attorneys to advocate for everyone's best interests.

[archy]

Don't know if they were sued out of business or if the federal ban and an unwillingness to diversify is what killed them.

I'm pretty sure they were both sued out of business and had some Federal legal issues having to do with marketing the product in Columbia. LOL I also think the company was located somewhere in Florida but I can't be sure.

More info for you on Miami-based Intratec*here*.

*More KG9/KG99/Tecp/DC9 info here.*

PISTOL PRODUCTION HISTORY

Year	.22	.25	.32	.380	9mm	.45	Total
1980	0	0	0	0	4	0	4
1981	0	0	0	0	2,995	0	2,995
1982	0	0	0	0	4,626	0	4,626
1983	0	0	0	0	1,562	0	1,562
1984	0	0	0	0	9,671	0	9,671
1985	0	0	0	0	4,572	0	4,572
1986	0	0	0	0	13,535	0	13,535
1987	0	0	0	0	14,725	0	14,725
1988	5,286	0	0	0	13,770	0	19,056
1989	15,821	0	0	0	15,837	0	31,658
1990	5,694	0	0	0	11,991	0	17,685
1991	17,006	2,387	0	0	14,383	0	33,776
1992	12,781	7,017	0	0	22,775	0	42,573
1993	16,341	1,621	0	0	35,261	0	53,223
1994	27,580	0	0	0	75,102	0	102,682
1995	3,296	49	0	0	9,584	1,301	14,230
1996	2,679	262	0	328	5,820	949	10,038
1997	1,469	581	0	156	7,534	201	9,941
1998	1,836	847	0	86	12,545	381	15,695

[archy]

Wow. That appears to be a tremendous increase in the rate of fire.

Just shows what you know, and don't. Without the stock, a full-auto 10-22 runs about twice that fast, one reason why FA 10-22 owners are so picky about their magazines.

[justshutupandtakeit]

I only know what I saw and the clip you linked showed some serious firepower. You have never seen any claim by me of being a firearms expert.

[FierceDraka]

Service !!

Glory!!

[BigTom85]

I have a feeling that you are right. They are becoming a little bit too PC for my likes. Overall, they do great work. However, sometimes they turn a blind eye to things- and that pisses a lot of us off.

[looscnnn]

"The current NRA President is Sandra S. Froman, a Arizona-based attorney who's a military weapons collector and machinegun shooter and collecter."

Which may mean that she won't. Getting NFA overturned could make her collection less valuable. Also check out http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753549/posts about where they stand on NFA '34, GCA '68, etc.

[archy]

"The current NRA President is Sandra S. Froman, a Arizona-based attorney who's a military weapons collector and machinegun shooter and collecter."

Which may mean that she won't. Getting NFA overturned could make her collection less valuable. Also check out http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1753549/posts about where they stand on NFA '34, GCA '68, etc.

Concur. But I'm willing to take a *wait-and-see* attitude with the NRA on this one, and I'd hardly be surprised to see them jump on the bandwagon after GOA and/or NFA get things rolling. Right now, it's still too soon to tell.

[archy]

How was it declared illegal? Was it an internal or external trigger modification?

Last I heard the "rule" was it had to be an external trigger modification in order to be legal.

There's no, ZERO modification of the trigger. It's a replacement buttstock only, available in both fixed and folding versions.

Yep, you're correct that that was the *general rule* established by policy and precedent, not legislation. But they like to change the rules after they make them, ensuring a continuing group of victims who can then be told that *ignorance of the law is no excuse.*

[looscnnn]

I have a feeling that US v Fincher could change all this.

[archy]

I have a feeling that US v Fincher could change all this.

It might in a fair court. I have my doubts that there are any of those left.

[ctdonath2]

You link is to another site.

...which is the #1 website for discussing MGs. If any discussion board is hosting a thread that analyzes the AA issue correctly, I'd expect it be subguns.com.

[ctdonath2]

Even the NRA didn't send out its usual emails

3 days from ATF ruling to your complaint. A little quick, ya think?

[ctdonath2]

700 per minute? Is that possible?

Yes. It's possible.

[ctdonath2]

Got a link describing Fincher?

[TLI]

"Lips that touch liquor shall not touch ours"

Gee, I wonder what that bunch of scarecrows were thinking.

[looscnnn]

http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2006/11/united-states-vs-fincher.html
http://usvfincher.blogspot.com/
http://www.arkansasmilitia.com/
http://www.thegunblogs.com/node/303

are a few places to do some reading.

[ctdonath2]

Ah, that one.
Hope he wins.
How he got those will be an extremely sensitive topic, critical to a favorable resolution. There may be enough legitimate laws overlapping the NFA/922(o) problems to doom the case.

[CDHart]

"it seems a tad unconstitutional to break down peoples doors and seize their belongings."

Gee, ya think? :^)

carolyn

[Last Laugh]

Gee, ya think? :^)

carolyn

LOL! - It was sarcasm, forgot the tag.

[CDHart]

OK, you're forgiven!

Carolyn