Or you could just hide it away someplace and wait until all mg's become contraband-ed regardless of registry, and then you'll have lots of company as a hoarder.
Like it ain't gonna happen.....
Like it ain't gonna happen.....
Or take a boat ride with them on the choppy waters of the Chesapeake.Or you could just hide it away someplace and wait until all mg's become contraband-ed regardless of registry, and then you'll have lots of company as a hoarder.
Like it ain't gonna happen.....
Novus:
Those ATF letters only apply if the host firearm's receiver was unmodified from its semiauto condition, and then it wouldnt be an MG reciever.
If someone is breaking the law because they posses contraband, then they are technically breaking the law if they call the feds or not. Since we have the Fifth Amendment, one does not have to incriminate themselves and calling the feds puts them at risk of prosecution, so they cannot be required to call the feds.Boy, this one comes up all the time. Someone is going through Granddad's stuff and finds his war souvenir MP.40. How can he legally keep it or sell it? Can he just weld it up? Can he get an OK from the cops or BATFE and keep it? Can he deactivate it some other way (cut in half)? Can he register it? Can he destroy it by cutting, crushing or throwing it in a lake?
The answer to all the above is NO. Period. NO. That gun has exactly the same status as a kilo of heroin. It is contraband. The only legal thing an innocent person can do if he finds himself somehow in possession of contraband is to turn it in to the proper authorities. Period.
Technically, he cannot destroy it, even if a deep lake is convenient, because that would be another law violation, destroying evidence of a felony.
Of course, some smart people will continue to come up with clever schemes to "get around" (they say to obey) the law and build, make or "find" some kind of machinegun they can play with legally. But the government has some even smarter people who will try their best to put the loophole finder in jail. I am no fan of gun laws, unless the "I got a way" guy has zillions of dollars and a big legal team, I bet on the government to win, every time.
Jim