[wastoute]

Actually the 1934 NFA was what started the disarmament ball rolling with the full auto ban. Otherwise, many good points.

[marktwain]

Yes, it was 1934, not 1968. Alan is usually quite good about that sort of thing. But we all make mistakes.

Disclaimer: Alan has been a personal friend for over 20 years.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

The 1934 bill was originally supposed to list handguns as taxable($200.00) like machine guns and sawed off shotguns. the belief by those in Congress was that common rifles were better for home protection than handguns.

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