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Old 07-10-11, 23:10
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We also prefer our firearms live and functional here. But there are plenty of live fully automatic weapons in the USA.

The vast majority of demilled/dummy/display weapons that are in the USA originated as parts kits that were imported into the country. They were not live machine guns that were demilled here because people preferred non-functional examples. But they did start out as surplus functional weapons in other countries and were chopped up so that they could be legally imported into the country due to restrictions related to registration with ATF for Class III devices and that no new examples can be produced since 1986 for private ownership.

Sad to think about all the full auto Brens and Stens sitting in India or some other country that wanted to dump them and upgrade their arsenal. As a parts kit, they sold here for $150-300 until recently. Imagine how cheap they started out when live since someone had to demill them and then import them into the USA where they sold them at a profit.
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