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I live in WA and was partly responsible ( mainly thanks to the second amendment foundation ) in getting this law changed . Now it doesnt apply to permanent residents ( green card holders )
It was a nightmare for a while as to get the aliens license you needed a background check but the FBI would not cooperate with the WA licensing dept so none could be issued .
Thanks for the heads up though !
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Congrats! Good to know.
The Commonwealth's law is unique AFAIK; even some gunshops here in Virginia are not aware of it and fail to verify citizenship. Stranger still, it does not apply to lowers. It was hastily adopted following the killings at the alphabet agency affectionaly called the Farm (took several years but they got the bastard who did it).
As you've had some success since arriving here, perhaps you could convince a US-based company to start producing SA-80 clones here?
-Steyr did it after 2 U.S. clones were introduced
-Sig's done it (though with somewhat mixed results)
-IMI/IWI somehow pulled it off with the Tavor - though it might be in a catagory like the FN FS2000 that was never banned from import
There are a half-dozen other examples.
Doesn't the SA-80 use a stamped-steel reciever? If so, manufacturers in the U.S. have mastered stamping for guns like the AK-47, the H&K 91 / "G3" and the Swiss PE-57.
Perhaps you could convince H&K-USA to get into the game as their parent company has some experience with the SA 80?