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From: jkh@jade.UUCP
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Subject: Re: New Firearms Laws
Message-ID: <1901@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 15:46:15 EST
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In-Reply-To: your article <1716@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>

Thanks to Mr. Cramer for the summary of the new
gun laws.  Could he provide the current definition
of "armor piercing" as defined in the new laws?

I strongly suspect that we can look forward to 
increased BATF zealousness in locating "machine guns"
and "silencers."  That organization needs a reason to exist.
Already, there has been at least one reported raid on 
a "machine gun" manufacturer in Utah, which led to 
no arrests, but lots of media hype.

The next logical step is for the BATF to re-define
"readily convertible" to include all semi-auto
weapons.  "Readily convertible" is in the eyes of the
beholder.  Almost all semi-auto guns firing from
an open-bolt position have already been banned by BATF
edict.  Periodically, attempts to define the semi-auto
M14 rifles and their copies as "readily convertible" occur.
Should this succeed, expect the flood gates to open
as HK 91s and 93, AR15s, etc. become illegal.  What's really
bad is that now there is NO WAY to register these guns
in case of such a re-classification, because civilians
may not acquire new machine guns.
 Of course. I'm just speculating.


Jon Kaplowitz
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