http://www.necn.com/12/08/12/WW2-we...back/landing.html?blockID=811359&feedID=11106
So how do the cops figure how she can get around the GCA of '68? There was a period of time ('86) for folks to register their NFA firearms, and then later an "amnesty" period.
I cannot see how the cops can do anything but shred it. They can't keep it - not even if the lady wanted to "donate" it to them. There is no way she can sell it.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-machine-guns.html
http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-558082.html
http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-210210.html
http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-421602.html
and so on.
If she follows the cops' advice to try and sell the thing she will get busted for a felony, the person(s) who respond, let alone make a purchase offer, will get busted for a felony. The only ones* that will not get busted are the cops who told her she should try to sell it.
I am not happy.
stay safe.
* - yes, I did go there and do that. Wanna make something of it?
.... The gun, developed in 1944, holds a 30-round magazine and can shoot 500 rounds per minute. Cavanna said every modern assault rifle produced today is based on this design.
As soon as officers saw this weapon, they knew its value.
"This is a gun that should actually be in a museum rather than in a shredder,” Crabtree said.
And that's why they will allow the owner to sell the gun. ....
So how do the cops figure how she can get around the GCA of '68? There was a period of time ('86) for folks to register their NFA firearms, and then later an "amnesty" period.
I cannot see how the cops can do anything but shred it. They can't keep it - not even if the lady wanted to "donate" it to them. There is no way she can sell it.
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/national-firearms-act-machine-guns.html
under 27 CFR 479.105(d), a machinegun made or imported on or after May 19, 1986, may only be transferred to the U.S. Government (USG) or a law enforcement agency, or to a Federal firearms licensee for use as a USG or law enforcement sales sample.
http://www.thehighroad.org/archive/index.php/t-558082.html
http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-210210.html
http://thefiringline.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-421602.html
and so on.
If she follows the cops' advice to try and sell the thing she will get busted for a felony, the person(s) who respond, let alone make a purchase offer, will get busted for a felony. The only ones* that will not get busted are the cops who told her she should try to sell it.
I am not happy.
stay safe.
* - yes, I did go there and do that. Wanna make something of it?