Vermont gun importer lays off 41, blames rules ( World War II-era M1 Garand rifles )

ap ^ | 6/6/2014 | WILSON RING

[george76]

A Vermont gun importer is blaming the White House for its laying off of 41 workers because the government blocked its plan to bring nearly $30 million worth of antique, American-made military rifles home from South Korea... Century International Arms to re-import the World War II-era M1 Garand rifles ..

This importation was denied despite our explaining that the denial would harm the company and pointing out that there is no rational, gun-control reason to block the importation of these historic, 70-year-old firearms

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the South Korean government had been given preliminary approval for the deal last year and the departments of State, Defense and Justice had signed off on it.

[Darksheare]

The repeatedly stated reason for denying the import of M1 Garands was straight from the Brady campaign.
They claim the rifles take a high capacity magazine...
The denial of import has been hanging around since 2009.

Reminds me of the poem “Pigs is pigs”.

[servantoftheservant]

Infuriating

[Bob]

A five-round internal magazine (IIRC) is now considered high capacity??? On what planet?

[Hugin]

The term “rational, gun-control reason” is an oxymoron.

[Hugin]

Eight rounds, but yeah.

[dagogo redux]

Great news on the anniversary of D-Day.

[real saxophonist]

‘antique’?

[Red Steel]

SK should have sold them in 2008 back to the US when Bush was Pres.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Without the 8 round clip they are single shot rifles.

[Darksheare]

On planet Brady actually.
8 round clip is considered a “High capacity magazine”.
That was the reason the State Department gave for denying the import of these rifles in 2009.

[SolidRedState]

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
PING!

[reg45]

The Brady bunch has a goal of eliminating all privately owned firearms whether semi-auto, bolt action, breech loading, or muzzle loading.

[BilLies]

And why the Governor of New York, Il Duce Cuomo, limited magazines to hold a maximum of seven,........ till the courts found out there were no Seven Clip Magazines currently manufactured in the US.

[CrazyIvan]

Well, you do see gang bangers packing these everywhere.

[DemforBush]

One of the truly great rifles of all time. Handsome, too.

[Billthedrill]

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! PING!

"OK, gimme the next clip! Yeah, here we go, down in there and OWWWW! MY THUMB!!"

[veracious]

Not suprising at all; and, pretty important that they prevent such imports:

These are very good, long range rifles, easily hitting the _riflemans_quarter_mile_ when used by a true rifleman. What they hit, they take out.

[Bob]

Thanks for the correction. While I was almost sure that the stripper clips (That is the correct term, isn’t it?) I’d seen only held five rounds, I’ve personally never fired an M1. I may have been thinking of the ‘03 bolt action Springfield from WWI.

[Darksheare]

Yup.
Sfacim II is quite a winner.