[Pinetop]

As I pointed out, this was in 89-91. This was well before California's elimination of the exemption for registration of sales by private dealers at gun shows.

I might also point out that the branches of the service and the Defense Deparment admit that there is a documented problem with theft of grenades, flash suppressors, guns, ammo, explosives, rocket launchers, large ammo clips and other ordnance from installations. While some of this stolen equipt is sold or traded on the street, some of it also finds its way into gun shows where it is sold or traded, sometimes by the military personnel who stole it. Hey, maybe some of the dealers don't know what they're selling or to whom they are selling it-- I saw that sometimes the stuff is still crated, but others might know what they are selling and to whom. I find it a tad alarming.

I don't know what eventually happened to the Afghan buyers or the sellers. But, the transactions were being recorded by federal agents for some purpose which, at that particular time, did not include an immediate arrest of anyone. I presume they shared my interest in the black and grey marketeering of stolen military property. Maybe not. Maybe they were actually making certain the Afghans got whatever they needed to fight the Soviets.

[coloradan]

This was well before California's elimination of the exemption for registration of sales by private dealers at gun shows.

Grenades and machine guns fall under NFA 34 and have required registration and the $200 tax since 1934, irrespective of state laws. The law covers silencers, short-barrelled shotguns and rifles, cannons >50 cal, machine guns, and also explosives known as "destructive devices." It's a federal law, ostensibly passed as a tool to control gangsters, but now enforced on its own right irrespective of the criminal or rosy pasts of its violators.

[wita]

You and the christmas goose have a whole lot in common.

[Travis McGee]

I might also point out that the branches of the service and the Defense Deparment admit that there is a documented problem with theft of grenades, flash suppressors, guns, ammo, explosives, rocket launchers, large ammo clips and other ordnance from installations. While some of this stolen equipt is sold or traded on the street, some of it also finds its way into gun shows where it is sold or traded, sometimes by the military personnel who stole it.

Citations please, Pinetop. Put up, or shut up.