Cans were added to NFA during the great depression, when the powers that be feared that people would use them for poaching (out of desperation for food). Or at least that the reason the ATF states...
GCA 35 had nothing to do with the bonus army. Or is there some wierd connection I am missing? Is this like when Walter is tossing Donny's ashes out to sea and starts talking about Nam?
"Jesus, Walter. Not everything revolves around Nam."
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.
The gangsters may have been able to afford it, but most were convicted felons and couldn't pass the background check.
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