Many grandchildren of WWII veterans have various arms in their attics, sten guns were a favored booty, along with broom handled Mausers,Luger pistols, Schmeiser MP 40 machine pistols.
Tens of thousands of WWII veterans worked out ways to return with their arms and get them home from their bases.
And almost none of them are registered.
Dang,,
I’ll be checking my kids Attics!
Getting home with just their weapons?
Hell, I had a friend (passed away a few years ago) who brought Hermann Göring's private dinnerware back with him to North Carolina.
Now the NSA and pals probably know how many times we thought of cleaning a particular firearm.
NEVER REGISTER YOUR GUNS!
He warned me, he accurately predicted many things but not that.
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I remember the photo of an Indian flaunting a full auto AK-47 at the Wounded Knee standoff in 1976. AK-s were not imported until around 1981, and the one he flaunted was NOT a Valmet.