I sense opportunity, for someone to back-engineer the existing design, and produce the same or very similar product domestically.
What the heck, with 3-D printing and using sintered metal technology, it may even be possible to improve upon the original design.
Of course, it may still be possible to bring them in through Mexico, along with the drug shipments that seem to pass through our borders so easily now.
“Of course, it may still be possible to bring them in through Mexico, along with the drug shipments that seem to pass through our borders so easily now.”
At this time one could bring a few Russian T-90 tanks through our Southern border with very little difficulty.
Just don’t try to get into the USA from Canada with a box of Kinder Eggs.
I'm pretty sure producing an AK variant has been tried here in the US -- the problem is that matching the price of one manufactured in Russia, China, the former Eastern Bloc countries, etc. etc. would be just about impossible. (You can buy various AK parts manufactured right here in the U.S.A., just not complete guns.) The AK dates from 1947 -- any patents would have expired years ago, just as with America's Favorite Rifle, the AR.
Won’t happen to any extent. The problem with this idea is someone has to risk a big pile of their own money on a bet that they will not lose it to some other executive order or ATF ruling. The time has come to forget about the small battles and attack the NFA. No debating, the American people must demand it be repealed.