As between the seller and buyer, only if the buyer is induced to believe that the firearm records show the S/N to be unique to the item in possession, and not transferred from a wrecked gun. Did these buyers think they were getting pre '68 iron? (other than the S/N that is).
As between the people and the government, the government wishes the number of legal to own automatic weapons decrease, over time, to zero. Of course the government is going to throw the book at these fellows - and they will be barred from possession of guns and ammunition. That makes the government happy.
At least these fellows survived a BATF investigation.
>Of course the government is going to throw the book at these fellows - and they will be barred from possession of guns and ammunition. That makes the government happy.
That’s one of the things that is most terrifying about ObamaCare, it makes people who do not have `qualifying` plans into felons; now consider that in the light of unemployment (and time-to-job) rates. Even completely aside from the government being able to arbitrarily change what plans `qualify` we could see a LOT of people put into the “prohibited person” list.