[IP] more on Baghdad in your Backyard
Begin forwarded message:
From: Zachariah Mully <zmully@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 8, 2005 9:36:59 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx, Brock.Meeks@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] Baghdad in your Backyard
David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message:
From: Brock Meeks <Brock.Meeks@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: December 8, 2005 6:58:57 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Baghdad in your Backyard
Am I just getting too old? This clip seems wrong to me on so many
levels...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5854686068870249151
Brock-
I'm sure you'll get a lot of email about this post, but I figured
having attended and participated at several events such as the one in
the video, I could offer you some insight into them and Title II
firearms. These machine gun shoots have probably been going on since
the Gun Control Act of 1968, but only now have others outside the
community discovered them.
Title II/Class 3 weapons are basically full auto machine guns, and a
subset of other firearms, such as shotguns w/OAL less than 26" (see
http://www.nraila.org/federalfirearms.htm#Sec.%205845 for detailed
definitions). Many states prohibit the possession of such weapons,
other states require often lengthy permitting processes (try 1.5
years in Mass), but regardless, you must purchase the weapon from a
federally licensed Class 3 dealer, pay various transfer taxes
(usually multiples of $200) and register the weapon with the ATF.
So once you've gone through the trouble of securing one of these at
considerable expense (the cheapest are still usually several
thousands of dollars) and after much filing of paperwork, the dilemma
is where to shoot it? These are *not* the guns you hunt deer with, or
rob your 7-11 with, regardless of what the Bradys might like you to
think (I'm curious, I wonder if anybody has a statistic for the
number of crimes committed with a *registered* Title II weapon). Most
are probably 60-70 years old, and might have seen service in several
wars, not to mention being exceedingly rare, cantankerous and
hellishly expensive to maintain and shoot. And most gun clubs
prohibit their use, not mention discharging one in your backyard
usually results in a neighbor calling the cops.
So what happens when you've got one, spent tens of thousands of
dollars on parts kits, loaders, ammo, and new shocks for your truck
to carry it all? Well, like any group of enthuasists, they like to
get together to show off their stuff, enjoy each others company and
enjoy their hobby. If this means pounding a hillside in Bushleague,
NH, ID or wherever with hundreds of thousands of rounds, then so be
it. Getting to these events is not easy either, transporting these
weapons across state lines is illegal without first obtaining
permission from the government requiring you file your travel plans
several months in advance.
If there is ever an event held close to you, I'd recommend you go to
it, every one I've been to has been professionally, safely and
exceedingly well run and managed, and the amount of concentrated
firepower is truly awesome. And completely legal.
Brgds,
Z
Gunless in DC
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