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Politics : To be a Liberal,you have to believe that.....

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To: jlallen who wrote (850)9/7/1999 3:47:00 PM
From: MikeH  Read Replies (1) of 6418
 
Ok, I wasn't sure on this one,

I don't know all the aspects of the Brady law. I do know that as recently as the 1960's you could buy fully automatic rifles. And, before the Brady law, I did see "rock and roll" (automatic in 1990's speak) firearms with some frequency.

I had thought that a machine gun was not just a fully automatic weapon, but one that also was rated for military usage. Either in calibre or performance. But, like I said, I don't keep up on the laws, they get overturned by the supreme court and rewritten so fast that I have no idea of what is going on from one year to the next.

But then, that begs the question. How does a weapons company build a military or paramilitary firearm? Are they regulated to only build these under contract, and transfer ownership prior to construction, but then they wouldn't be able to hold inventories for emergency orders. Dunno, beats me.
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