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I wasn't really into firearms before 2004, so I don't have any experience with how "assault weapons" were handled during the ban. What effect did the last ban have on parts manufacturing and distribution?
I know the law would make it illegal to manufacture magazines with capacity greater than 10 rounds, that's not a question really. I would think that you could still get a part like an AR upper receiver with a flash suppressor since by itself, it doesn't classify as an "assault weapon". And I would expect that you could get different telescoping stocks too since by themselves they also don't classify the weapon as such.
So my question is this: If a new ban goes into play which is identical to the last one, how will ATF know which firearms had 2 of the 5 characteristics before the ban, and which ones were assembled from parts laying around after the ban?
I wasn't really into firearms before 2004, so I don't have any experience with how "assault weapons" were handled during the ban. What effect did the last ban have on parts manufacturing and distribution?
I know the law would make it illegal to manufacture magazines with capacity greater than 10 rounds, that's not a question really. I would think that you could still get a part like an AR upper receiver with a flash suppressor since by itself, it doesn't classify as an "assault weapon". And I would expect that you could get different telescoping stocks too since by themselves they also don't classify the weapon as such.
So my question is this: If a new ban goes into play which is identical to the last one, how will ATF know which firearms had 2 of the 5 characteristics before the ban, and which ones were assembled from parts laying around after the ban?