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Posted: 12/9/2006 7:30:44 PM EDT
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Thanks for locking the thread. I'm trying to bring this rifle in line with the law. No idea whether it is registered or not. You’re obstructing useful information from being distributed and possibly helping other people. Be proud of yourself. You could have at least discussed it first. |
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I saw nothing in that thread but people telling you that you can't do it, and you kept asking for advice on how you could do it. Just take the gun to the cops turn it over and be done with it. They will ask you where you got the furniture and then any problems go back on the people you bought the gun from. The police will run the serial numbers and if it was legally owned and reported stolen, it will be returned to the rightful owner. |
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Scottr, two pages of posts in that thread said the same thing: Your friend's M16 is contraband and can NEVER be "brought in line with the law." 1. The last day that an unregistered machine gun could be made legal was in 1968, when there was a 30-day amnesty. No one has legally registered an existing unregistered machine gun in the last 38 years, except for police departments who are allowed to do so on a Form 10, and any MG thus registered can only be transferred to other police departments -- even a dealer or manufacturer cannot own it. 2. If it once was registered, it is no longer in the possession of the person to who it was registered. Once a registered machine gun leaves the possession of the registered owner without BATF-approved-in-advance paperwork, it is either contraband or stolen property. Again, it can never be "brought in line with the law" -- if stolen, it can be returned to the registered owner; otherwise, it must be destroyed or registered by a police department on a Form 10 (see above). In addition, according to BATF contraband status extends to the entire firearm. You cannot legally strip it down and salvage any parts. While that may have been done by others in the past, it is contrary to BATF regs, and thus the practice is not acceptable for discussion on ar15.com. And that is the end of this discussion. |
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Scott, how dense can you be? One person, the chap with the HK logo for his avatar, incorrectly told you that you could make it legal, and you took that hook, line, and sinker. Everyone else told you that you were playing with fire. Then you have the audacity to discuss this in a PUBLIC forum, where BATFE employees frequent. If I was the BATFE, I would have gotten your ISP, found out who you were, grabbed a warrant, and tracked your phone and electronic communications faster than you could say "contraban". This would be the easiest case of some agent's career, and tarnish this community. Lock this shizzle. |
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