Semi Auto rifles = NFA firearms?

[Singlestack]

Just saw this posted by Larry Vickers on M4C: http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=119065

Alert; possible executive order information

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I wanted to share with everyone here what I heard today from a very well placed source inside the firearms industry- word is the Obama administration had the ATF a couple months ago do a study to see the feasibility of making all semi auto assault rifles NFA items- meaning they would be handled in the same way as an SBR in terms of procuring one; it is assumed there would be an amnesty period for current owners to register the assault rifles they already have then any transfer down the line would be the same procedure as a suppressor or SBR

The gut feeling is that if Obama doesn't get from congress an assault rifle ban he likes he will do what Bill Clinton did with the Street Sweeper and use his executive powers to make semi auto AR's, AK's, FAL's, G3's, Galils, etc. NFA weapons

I personally think this is a very likely scenario in case a ban gets deadlocked in the house or senate

Just an FYI - if I hear anything more on this topic or anything else related to a potential future ban I will drop in and give everyone a data dump

Be safe and try and keep your sanity

LAV

[mahabali]

Good thing I dont have a Sami auto.

[Singlestack]

Ugh - hate that when that happens. DAMN those fingers!

[bryjcom]

I was at the local fun shop today, (which shall remain nameless) and the guy behind the counter was talking about how we should give a little to the antis and how AR15 rifles should be NFA and treated like suppressors. Meanwhile he's been showing and selling ARs all day long....
We got into it a little bit then back down due to him working at a gun shop.

Really nice guy and big time hunter. Just a bit of a "fudd" in my opinion.

[merl]

he could say to treat them as such but I doubt it could stick unless the law actually changes. Is there a section of the definition of title 2 weapons that could be re-interpreted to include semi-autos? I don't see one.

[brokenscout]

I heard this also, I who knows I don't own any guns anyways..

[Ronin13]

So what happens to those of us who refuse to register our "pre-ban" semi auto rifles? How will they know? I don't see this going well at all.

[Great-Kazoo]

So what happens to those of us who refuse to register our "pre-ban" semi auto rifles? How will they know? I don't see this going well at all.

4473's

[brokenscout]

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4473's

[BushMasterBoy]

So what happens to those of us who refuse to register our "pre-ban" semi auto rifles? How will they know? I don't see this going well at all.

With the new NSA facility in Utah called Camp Williams, they will just tap all the phones, surveillance cameras and internet traffic. Then they will know.