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BATF: Your worst nightmare; an IRS agent heavily armed...

This is all based on how much of their "regulations" they can cram down the public's throat. By definition, a bundle of spring steel wire and a pile of steel billets ARE "machine gun parts".

The artical says that they are after "assualt weapons" HOWEVER, the same parts can be assembled into [batf] LEGAL semi-automatics. By the way they seem to be defining the "assualt weapons" any rifle barrel could be an "assualt weapon" part.

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The artical says that they are after "assualt weapons" HOWEVER, the same parts can be assembled into [batf] LEGAL semi-automatics.

I was under the impression that all the parts of a full auto gun except the reciever were legal to own, import, and sell (as long as you don't also own a receiver that they could be potentially used in). They are advertised widely on the internet and in various gun publications.

I remember a few years back when a bunch of legaly imported AK47's were found to be full auto recievers that had just had the semi auto parts installed (some extra holes drilled in the receiver or something). The ATF recalled the guns and tracked down the purchasers of all the ones that had been sold. Wonder if this could be something similar?