Anyone know why they became and remain what I would consider to be tightly regulated?
Just curiosity.
Just curiosity.
Anyone know why they became and remain what I would consider to be tightly regulated?
Just curiosity.
I would refer you back to the National Firearms Act of 1934. We can thank the gansters of the 30's for that little inconvience. Before that law was enacted, anyone could order a Thompson Submachinegun from a Sears Roebuck catalog and have the postman deliver it to your house.
A gangster could still afford a $200 tax stamp...the thousands of veterans of World War I who marched on Washington in 1933 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonus_Army) could not.
They didn't make the law in the 20's when organized crime was in its prime, banking on bootlegging and speakeasy money, they waited until poor and forgotten veterans had a legitimate need and grievance.
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