To: itsahoot
Before 1968 you could own ANYTHING that you wanted, up to and including operational field artillery pieces with no government oversight at all.
12 posted on
11/18/2009 3:05:44 PM PST by
Blood of Tyrants
(The Second Amendment. Don't MAKE me use it.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Wrong, Wrong, Wrong,”The ownership of machine guns was first regulated at the federal level by the National Firearms Act of 1934. “
14 posted on
11/18/2009 3:27:16 PM PST by
org.whodat
(Vote: Chuck De Vore in 2012.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Before 1968 you could own ANYTHING that you wanted, up to and including operational field artillery pieces with no government oversight at all. No. The National Firearms Act was passed in 1934. You could not own so much as a short barrelled shotgun, withou paying a tax and registering it. A tax was several times the worth of the gun. Same with machine guns.
Semi-automatic 20mm cannon, those you could own. :) (An advertisment from the 1950s
24 posted on
11/18/2009 4:33:17 PM PST by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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