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Earl" Editor
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Dear Earl,
We hear on FOX news that Obama is gonna take away weapons from us hunters. Is he really gonna take away our guns, even our shotguns, machine guns, mortars, howitzers and, even our grenade launchers?
Sincerely,
Patriot Hunter
EARL:
Don't
believe anything you hear on FOX news, they are a bunch of liars and clowns and
they will get you in trouble.
The facts
are: Obama just signed a law that allows
you to bring your weapons into Federal National parks. And, under federal law, machine guns,
suppressors, short-barreled shotguns ("sawed-off" shotguns, or
abbreviated here, SBS), short-barreled rifles (abbreviated SBR) and destructive
devices (e.g. mortars, howitzers, grenade launchers, etc) have NEVER been illegal for Americans to own.
But,
these weapons are heavily regulated and taxed and some State laws do not allow certain NFA firearms that are legal under
Federal. Regulation of NFA firearms
are under the jurisdiction of BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives).
You and your fellow hunters may find
this surprising, but machine guns, suppressors, SBR and SBS not in the
possession of the United States government must be registered. Go figure!
The two ways to go about owning NFA firearms are via individual registration or
registration to an incorporated entity. In the case of the applicant (buyer)
being an individual, he/she submits a federal registration form including
fingerprints, photographs and a signature from their chief law-enforcement
officer to the BATFE along with the $200.00 excise tax, and after a criminal
background check and final approval, then and only then can the firearm be
transferred from the seller to the buyer.
Dear Earl,
My little little girl (9) was runnin' around playin' with the hogs with a machine gun. And, at first, I thought it was just a toy gun, but, when she poked it in my stomach and said: "Get on your knees!" I noticed it was real.
It is in mint
condition and the fella offered me a side of beef for it.
Would you
take that deal?
(Name withheld)
EARL:
A
lotta guys would hold out for the entire steer and half a dozen chickens.
The
reasons date back to May 19th, 1986.
For decades machine guns were manufactured and bought and sold to individuals,
the U.S. military, government and law enforcement agencies. Once again, if the
firearms were LEGALLY produced and transferred to civilians they were
registered, until May 19th, 1986.
This
was done on the watch of President Ronnie Raygun and his VP, George Bush (he
was the one who coined the term "New World Order.")
On
May 19,1986 a new federal law became effective that mandated a machine gun, in
order to be able to be transferred between civilians, must have been BUILT and
REGISTERED by that date, so, no machine gun built on May 19th or after could be owned by a non-government entity. So, you
get the picture. Since, by federal mandate, no additional machine guns could be
added to the BATFE registry, the number on the market shrank dramatically.
Before
Reagan signed that law, you could get a machine gun for a couple of chickens,
but, after that date, the value increased and increased. With all the hysteria over Obama taking machine
guns away from hunters, the price has been driven way up.
Now,
if the machine gun that Little Nel found is an unfired, mint condition machine
gun brought back from Germany by her grandfather was not REGISTERED by May
19th, 1986, you are in illegal possession of a machine gun!
You
might want to consider that the guy down at the militia firing range might be an
undercover agent of the BATFE.
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