10 U.S. Made Parts... WHY!?!?!

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Whats the point of the law requiring 10 US made parts on imported "non-sporting" rifles and the like? Is there some legit reason for it that i'm not figuring out or is this just BS legislation from the anti-gun crowd in an attempt to screw with us?
 
I'd say you're pretty close to the mark(at least the BS part). It's a rule enforced by the BATFE.....whatevah to be able to call the gun "domestic" and not an "imported" gun. You figure it out. It gets even more irrational than this, too.
Josh
 
Whats the point of the law requiring 10 US made parts on imported "non-sporting" rifles and the like?
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More antigun "Bovine Feces.":barf: It give the BATFE(ces) pukes something to do to feel useful and justify their exsistence to themselves.

Has it occurred to anyone else that having a federal juggernaut like BATFE is like having a federal agency to regulate free speech (I guess we do - the FCC) or a federal agency to regulate our practice of religion?

Does anybody else see a problem with that??
 
To actually answer the question, Congress passed a law making the building of certain types of foreign made guns banned from import by the executive order of Bush Sr. illegal.

As soon as the law went into effect companies tried to get around it by either swapping parts on importable guns (HK911 becomes HK91) or by importing every part but the receiver and supplying that.

The issue was really "what is foreign made?". So the ATF came up with a list of all parts generally considered on semiauto rifles and said that a minimum of ten of them (about 25%) had to actually be made here to call the rifle "US built". Not making any apologies for the ATF, but I think it makes a certain amount of sense that if you have a prohibition on a foreign made product, you need a definition of what is "foreign made".

The problem isn't the ATF in this case. The problem is that Congress passed a law and the ATF had to find a means to enforce it in the spirit the law was intended.



Bush Jr. could fix all of this in 2 minutes by nullifying the executive order defining those foreign made non-sporting rifles. The relevent law and ATF ruling then have nothing to be enforced on.
 
Congressmen agreed on ten US made parts because any more than that would require them to remove their shoes to count them.
 
None of the above.

I don't know what the law that is referenced said, but if you have a certain amount of domestic parts, then it doesn't have to be labeled as made in a foreign country. The tag and I guess the box it comes in says where it is from but the gun itself doesn't have to say that. Look at the next next 1911 from Springfield Armory. They are made in Brazil and the paper tags says so but the gun itself doesn't say that.

You will also notice that new car stickers also have a statement as to the percentage of imported parts.

So, is it more moral or patriotic to buy a Ford made in Mexico or a Toyota made in Tennessee?
 
Bluetrain,

The law being discussed is only for semiauto rifles, and has no application to your pistol or anyother imported or domestically assembled product.

Why did you say "none of the above"?
 
it was to appease the gun control crowd and they didnt think we could build the parts here, thereby banning the gun entirely...much like their attempt at the 94, 10 year ban on AW features.manufacturers simply went around it and built the same stuff here,minus the features.now, it seems they are going after manufacturers.the gun control crowd never sleeps but endlessly schemes to find ways to ban them and uses agencies to enforce their ideals,however ridiculous.they cant ban them "outright"as this might create a problem so incremental is key.hence the 86 mg,89 import and the 94 aw bans.

the us made parts usually are stamped "us" on them or clearly have made in usa etched on the receivers.other parts are numbered to clearly show make..like the g2 from tapco.some other parts are hard to distinguish.
 
Look at the next next 1911 from Springfield Armory. They are made in Brazil and the paper tags says so but the gun itself doesn't say that.
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Look again; you should find "Made in Brazil" under the dustcover or "Imbel" and the year of manufacture on the frame under the grips.
 
how would they even know? Receipts?
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The parts I have seen are marked "Made in America" (or USA)

Handy
Is the law ten American parts or no more than ten foreign made parts ?
 
Not to start an argument but I have built two AKs from parts kits, and an STG58 from a parts kit. I bought two HK G3 parts kits and the US compliance parts kits: I sent the kits away to have them built. BUT, I closely examined every single one of those parts from all five of those guns and the ONLY part that had any markings at all was the receivers. These US compliance parts kits were from at least three different sources and not one of the parts had any markings at all. I had this discussion with several other people asking them how anyone could tell what parts were made where when none of them are marked. Not the original factory parts or the replacement parts.
I built most of those guns with other people who also bought the US parts kits, so it wasn't just me not seeing the markings.
These parts kits came from companies that are very well known and seen in Shotgun News every month.
 
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