Michel & Associates, PC Release Legal Memo re "Replicas" as "Antique Firearms"

[sbrady@Michel&Associates]

Just wanted to make people aware of this memo and thought this would be the best place to post it. It is a discussion about how the availability of rare ammo via the internet may have an impact on the status of some "replicas" currently being considered "antique firearms." You can find the article and a link to the memo here:

http://michellawyers.com/2011/mapc-lawyers-publish-gun-ammo-googling-does-internet-access-to-rare-ammunition-calibers-limit-the-availability-of-replicas-tto-qualify-as-antique-firearms/

[furyous68]

Thanks for the heads up.. BTW, loved the article: LA TIMES GET IT WRONG ON GUNS... AGAIN!

Great read that I am going to forward a link of to SEVERAL people.

[Norsemen308]

here we go again....I sorta knew this was gonna be in the pipeline.

[DisgruntledReaper]

Always some foooookin a holes who have nothing better to do than try to eff over American Citizens... great way to educate the fed dunces,libtard media,the 'Batf-k cave, etc.....need to mind their own biz ...Douches all of them

[CrazyCobraManTim]

I'm sure this will be a dumb question, but does newly built replicas of classic WWII firearms, such as the TNW PPsH-41 (http://www.tnwfirearms.com/guns_ppsh-41.shtml) fall under the guise of a antique and something that I could purchase directly?

I called TNW, and they said this rifle had to ship to an FFL 01 directly.

Wait...nevermind...I actually read the brief and noticed the pre-1898 clause....case closed....

[MyOdessa]

Actually the complete quote is “uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.”
So if ammo is munufactured in the US, that fact alone can remove firearm from 18 USC 921(a)(16) subsection (B), because ordinary channels of commercial trade, can apply to ammo availabe from other countries, not the US.

[Norsemen308]

but i am confused... i thought there was 3 reasons a fire arm went C&R and one of them is the 50 year clause... so are we good to go solely on that fact?

[emcon5]

but i am confused... i thought there was 3 reasons a fire arm went C&R and one of them is the 50 year clause... so are we good to go solely on that fact?

C&R ≠ Antique (or replicas thereof). Two different things.

[Norsemen308]

^^^^^...i now notice my picture in your avatar.... please proceed....