Posted on 07/06/2006 4:27:44 PM PDT by TVenn
With certain exceptions a firearm may be made by a non-licensee provided it is not for sale and the maker is not prohibited from possessing firearms. However, a person is prohibited from assembling a non-sporting semi-automatic rifle or non-sporting shotgun from imported parts. In addition, the making of an NFA firearm requires a tax payment and approval by ATF. An application to make a machine gun will not be approved unless documentation is submitted showing that the firearm is being made for a Federal or State agency.
[18 U.S.C. 922(o) and (r), 26 U.S.C. 5822, 27 CFR 478.39, 479.62 and 479.105]
...and just who do those agents ULTIMATELY report to?
The Constitution didn't seem to stop them when they banned common infantry rifles and machine guns. It didn't stop then when they banned semiautomatic clones of the current issue military rifle. They "don't need no stinking constitutional amendment" they just ban by legislative, or in this case bureaucratic regulations, and then the courts will not enforce the constitution as written.
The BATFE, and it's predecessor the BATF, and other predecessor agencies have *always* been that "sad state". But then what can one expect from an agency whose very existence is an affront to the Constitution?
Oh, Richie boy, you've got a LOT to learn about propery seizure in these United States.
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