I think I posted this here before, but I was at a gunshow and I stopped to admire an SKS marked with a huge tag that said "RARE PRE-BAN SKS"... Yup, just a standard non-detachable mag SKS with a spike bayonet!
The seller saw me looking and said these are getting harder to find and I decided to take the challange. I asked which ban is this "Pre-Ban"?
He informed me the crime bill ban that outlawed these rifles... So, I asked him again, which features of this rifle were banned and he said "it's semiauto with a bayonet"... and so I asked "This is what YOU think makes it pre-ban?" and the answer I got was "no, it was when it was made that makes this a pre-ban" and the seller started getting a little red....
By then, there was a small group of guys standing around and I let the hammer drop..
I pointed out that the crime bill only outlawed semiautomatic rifles that accepted detachable magazines with two or more of the following features and listed them... I then proceded to say, yes his rifle is Pre-Ban or perhaps more accurately called a NON-BAN as is my daisy BB gun and I asked if he wanted to trade my very rare BB gun for his more common SKS!
Yes, people need to know the law and they need to do your homework before going to a gunshow... personally, I am sick of being offered a nice PRE-BAN M1 Garand or SKS! I am also tired of seeing supposidly NIB Bushmasters sold with cheap NO-NAME uppers with unmarked barrels, receivers, etc!