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kimberkid
11-13-2011, 04:44 PM
What say you ... will we ever get another one?

Partisan1983
11-13-2011, 04:50 PM
Who knows.

If I could predict the future, I would be a multi-trillionaire ;)

Schuetzenman
11-13-2011, 05:05 PM
What say you ... will we ever get another one?

Better chance at repealing the 1986 ban.

imanaknut
11-13-2011, 05:12 PM
Rather than an "amnesty", how about the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed????????????????????????????????????????? ??????

kimberkid
11-13-2011, 05:20 PM
Better chance at repealing the 1986 ban.

That would be OK too ....

Krupski
11-13-2011, 05:28 PM
Rather than an "amnesty", how about the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed????????????????????????????????????????? ??????

My thoughts exactly. Needing to "Hope" (in vain) that the feds will actually HONOR the Constitution and BOR is truly sad.....

Solidus-snake
11-13-2011, 06:11 PM
And the fact that we put up with this shit and voted it in is even sadder.

rahatlakhoom
11-13-2011, 06:33 PM
Amnesty could be a huge fund raiser for the Agency.,
what are they waiting for?

A sudden proliferation might make them realize things
they'd rather not realize.
:coffee:

kimberkid
11-13-2011, 07:02 PM
Amnesty could be a huge fund raiser for the Agency.,
what are they waiting for?

:coffee:
One thing for sure ... they would have to add staff

6-8 months for a form 1 or form 4 is ridiculous

Before Obummer I had my first 2 form 1 stamps (SBR) back in 61 days!

Penguin
11-13-2011, 07:12 PM
I doubt that there will be another one. I think it is more likely the 86 ban would go away or the supreme court would rule against the 1934NFA. Any of those 3 would be nice. If they were smart that would repeal the 86 ban and just start making money hand over fist while at the same time continuing the reglations they so like.

deth502
11-13-2011, 07:34 PM
no.

deth502
11-13-2011, 07:35 PM
maybe for a specific gun. ie, the saiga 12 is declared a dd (hypothetically), then have an "x" amt of time amnesty to register those already privately owned.

Partisan1983
11-13-2011, 08:06 PM
'89, '86, '68 and '34 bans all need to be done away with........


I would bet, the economy would turn around in 30 days flat :wootrock:

Schuetzenman
11-13-2011, 10:30 PM
'89, '86, '68 and '34 bans all need to be done away with........


I would bet, the economy would turn around in 30 days flat :wootrock:

34 wasn't a ban, just a Draconian Tax to limit access. Most folks didn't earn $200 / year then, so very hard to pay the tax and be legal on an NFA weapon. Granted, even today I'd rather not have to pay the $200 but I wouldn't have too much problem getting up $200 on say an $800 buck M16 or AK. Done it on Suppressors, wouldn't stop me.

Partisan1983
11-14-2011, 01:46 AM
34 wasn't a ban, just a Draconian Tax to limit access. Most folks didn't earn $200 / year then, so very hard to pay the tax and be legal on an NFA weapon. Granted, even today I'd rather not have to pay the $200 but I wouldn't have too much problem getting up $200 on say an $800 buck M16 or AK. Done it on Suppressors, wouldn't stop me.

But suppressors are not a firearm.


AAC is the only suppressor company to try and lobby the Feds, that suppressors should only be a $5 tax like AOW's.





And in a way.....it was a ban. Nobody was gonna pay a $200 tax on something they got to bring home for free, or on something they ordered out of a Sears catalog.......

Mark Ducati
11-14-2011, 07:49 AM
Amnesty? They might as well repeal the entire MG ban...

NEVER! And I'll tell you why... IF there was a general amnesty, it would have to be very specific like having an Amnesty for all the people who bought an Akins Accelertor for example, but didn't turn in or destroy the springs per BATF letter.

IF there was a general amnesty, how easy would it be for any of us to drill the "3rd magic hole" in an AK or AR receiver? Or perhaps if you have some machinist skills and the tools to crank out a few dozen DIAS's?

Nope, a general amnesty will NEVER happen.

circuits
11-14-2011, 02:19 PM
Amnesty could be a huge fund raiser for the Agency.,
what are they waiting for?

Amnesty registrations are/have been tax free.

BTW the person who would have to declare the amnesty would now be the Attorney General, as head of the Justice Dept. I think Eric Holder doesn't have this high on his priority list... Then again neither did any of Bush's Attys General.

az_paul
01-20-2012, 12:17 AM
If I remember correctly, awhile back there was some kind of amnesty proposal being worked on to allow veterans to register bring-backs. Haven't heard anything about it for a year or so, so I guess it didn't go through.

Other than that or a Saiga 12 event, I don't think it will ever happen.

NAPOTS
01-20-2012, 09:12 AM
I think the idea that "machinguns are illegal and have no place in private hands" has become so ingrained in the public psyche that we will never see any of these bans lifted. If anything I'd expect the registry to get pulled at some point and all privately owned NFA items pulled.

I did notice an article in the America Rifleman promoting supressor ownership, perhaps there is hope.

The average gun owner doesn't even know about and wouldn't support NFA.