I'm now told that the FN49 is considered an assault weapon as it is semiauto and has two "evil" features: muzzle brake/flash hider, and detachable magazine.
Per BATF, if it can be readily removed w/o tools, it doesn't matter that it disassembles itself on removal and will not hold ammo in it.
It seems to me that the same mentality ( or lack of it ) would seize on the Garand's 8 round clips which not only detach, they eject themselves in fully automatic fashion.
( the following rant probably belongs in another forum, but it does relate to the above, so... )
I *used* to joke that CNN was to blame for gun control legislation finally passing after all these years because it showed what happened to Cseaucesku where our own senators and congressmen could watch, and imagine their own constituents irate enough...
I also used to think Mark Twain was witty when he opined that America "had no native criminal class other than Congress."
Seems like the first amendment only applies anymore in situations where it isn't shouted down as being politically incorrect.
Sorry, just being incredulous about what the country I used to live in has become.
[This message has been edited by Rusty S (edited January 02, 2000).]
Per BATF, if it can be readily removed w/o tools, it doesn't matter that it disassembles itself on removal and will not hold ammo in it.
It seems to me that the same mentality ( or lack of it ) would seize on the Garand's 8 round clips which not only detach, they eject themselves in fully automatic fashion.
( the following rant probably belongs in another forum, but it does relate to the above, so... )
I *used* to joke that CNN was to blame for gun control legislation finally passing after all these years because it showed what happened to Cseaucesku where our own senators and congressmen could watch, and imagine their own constituents irate enough...
I also used to think Mark Twain was witty when he opined that America "had no native criminal class other than Congress."
Seems like the first amendment only applies anymore in situations where it isn't shouted down as being politically incorrect.
Sorry, just being incredulous about what the country I used to live in has become.
[This message has been edited by Rusty S (edited January 02, 2000).]