1994 LA Times article with epic FUD!

[FXR]

http://articles.latimes.com/1994-03-27/local/me-39074_1_annual-gun-show

A fifth individual, who was a registered seller, was issued a citation, but not arrested, for selling kits to convert semiautomatic weapons into fully automatic machine guns, police said.[...]

[Sgt.] Handy said he still was unsure if the individual selling the machine gun kits was breaking the law. The sergeant said he would turn the case over to the state attorney general's office for possible prosecution.

"California law is written in a funny way," Handy said. "There were people walking out the door with fully automatic AK-47s who didn't have to go through the 15-day [] waiting period because the weapons are stamped with a hammer and sickle and considered a collector's gun and not subject to the waiting-period law."

I wonder if Sgt. Handy is still with the Ventura PD, and if we could have had NFA stuff this whole time if only we stamped a hammer and sickle on it!

[G60]

lol "ranging from a 9-millimeter semiautomatic pistol with a night scope, to a .357 magnum "Dirty Harry" handgun."

CA had a 15 day waiting period between 1975 and 1997.

[G-forceJunkie]

Sounds like he is refering to the SKS. They were popular in the mid 90's and cash and carry. $125-150 and you walk out with it. There always have been books available about converting them, perhaps someone was dumb enough to sell a kit.

[SocomM4]

Sounds like he is refering to the SKS. They were popular in the mid 90's and cash and carry. $125-150 and you walk out with it. There always have been books available about converting them, perhaps someone was dumb enough to sell a kit.

I'm not sure if the sks was ever full auto.Seems like it's Rock solid as semi.
I did have a Russian one tho. First gun I ever bought. Loved it .
Had a red star on the top and trigger guard iirc .Walked into Tracy guns and ammo, traded my 870 supermag for it.
Bs part is the ATF closed him down later for not doing any paperwork .