re: #268 goddamnedfrank

In 1934 when the NFA went into effect that $200 tax stamp was the equivalent of $3,561.76 today. The problem with the law isn’t that it’s onerous, it’s that it’s not onerous enough. There’s been a dramatic increase in the number of suppressors, short barreled shotguns short barreled rifles registered in the last couple of decades because the $200 assessment was never increased to match inflation. The only reason that machine guns aren’t part of this trend is the 1986 ban on the registration of new weapons in that category, so if the receiver wasn’t registered prior to then it cannot be transferred between civilians.

Again, I argue that the increase in the number of registered NFA firearms is not problematic because they have not been used to commit crimes.

All that said, I’m leaving for work but I’m going to leave the group this bit hilarity/yikes:

POTD: How Not To Guard Your Recruitment Center

And I do hope Goofball in that first photo on the page registered that setup on his AR, because if he didn’t the ATF is going to give him free room and board for 5-10 years.