bionicarm
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Originally Posted by oscardeuce
http:///forum/post/3235457
I thought the National Firearms Act of 1934 made clas III illegal to own without the tax stamp/registration with the NFA. The way I understand the 1986 law, they were willing to give amnesty to register and tax all the machine guns out in peoples' garages and attics.
If your brother still has that class III Thompson, he's in trouble unless he amnesty registered it in 1986. He's not being very responsible is he?
The Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 addressed the abuses noted in the 1982 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee report. It reopened interstate sales of long guns on a limited basis, allowed ammunition shipments through the U.S. Postal Service (a partial repeal of the Gun Control Act), ended record keeping on ammunition sales, except for armor piercing, permitted travel between states supportive of Second Amendment rights even through those areas less supportive of these rights, and addressed several other issues that had effectively restricted Second Amendment rights. However, the act also contained a provision that banned the sale of machine guns manufactured after the date of enactment to civilians, restricting sales of these weapons to the military and law enforcement. Thus, in the ensuing years, the limited supply of these arms available to civilians has caused an enormous increase in their price, with most costing in excess of $10,000.
Trust me, every weapon my brother owns is legal. Although he doesn't have a gun shop any longer, he still maintains his FFL license. I believe he has a Type 3 license, which designates him as a Licensed collector of Curio & Relic firearms. He also has a Class 3 Tax Stamp. Some of his best friends are Houston and Harris County cops, and they come to him anytime they want to update their weapons.
http:///forum/post/3235457
I thought the National Firearms Act of 1934 made clas III illegal to own without the tax stamp/registration with the NFA. The way I understand the 1986 law, they were willing to give amnesty to register and tax all the machine guns out in peoples' garages and attics.
If your brother still has that class III Thompson, he's in trouble unless he amnesty registered it in 1986. He's not being very responsible is he?
The Firearm Owners Protection Act of 1986 addressed the abuses noted in the 1982 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee report. It reopened interstate sales of long guns on a limited basis, allowed ammunition shipments through the U.S. Postal Service (a partial repeal of the Gun Control Act), ended record keeping on ammunition sales, except for armor piercing, permitted travel between states supportive of Second Amendment rights even through those areas less supportive of these rights, and addressed several other issues that had effectively restricted Second Amendment rights. However, the act also contained a provision that banned the sale of machine guns manufactured after the date of enactment to civilians, restricting sales of these weapons to the military and law enforcement. Thus, in the ensuing years, the limited supply of these arms available to civilians has caused an enormous increase in their price, with most costing in excess of $10,000.
Trust me, every weapon my brother owns is legal. Although he doesn't have a gun shop any longer, he still maintains his FFL license. I believe he has a Type 3 license, which designates him as a Licensed collector of Curio & Relic firearms. He also has a Class 3 Tax Stamp. Some of his best friends are Houston and Harris County cops, and they come to him anytime they want to update their weapons.
