I was at the Eastman gunshow in Atlanta over the weekend, and along with the post-ban AR's illegally configured as pre-ban, I saw something that really disturbed me.
A gentleman with a very nice M4gery was talking with a vendor about M-16 fire control parts. The vendor told him that a three round "Tri Burst" kit would drop right into his rifle, and allow him to shoot three round bursts. The vendor went on to say that this was perfectly legal in Georgia, as Georgia defines a Machine gun as one that will shoot more than 6 shots with a single function of the trigger (this definition is indeed correct, per Georgia code 16-11-121 (2)), and the tri burst will only shoot 3 rounds.
The vendor went on say that the four position (safe, semi, burst, full) fire control parts would be illegal, as they were "M-16" parts, but that the tri burst were "AR-15" parts, and so were perfectly legal.
The potential customer asked me if I knew anything about AR's, and what I thought of this. I explaind to him that even though Georgia had a different definition for machine gun, anything that he did to his rifle that would make it fire more that one round per action of the trigger would be the creation of an illegal NFA weapon, and would earn him a trip to Club Fed. I then pointed out to him the differences in AR-15 and M-16 parts, such as the hammer, disconnecter, selector, etc., and explained that the BATF has determined that M-16 parts in an AR-15 are illegal.
At this point, the vendor went to deal with other customers, and the potential customer offered me a sincere thanks for helping to keep him legal.
Part of me wanted to make a scene and confront this dealer, and ask why he wanted to turn innocent people into felons, but I just left. Looking back, I fear that I did the wrong thing by not confronting him, and I wonder how many people have been screwed by him.
Anyone else seen stuff like this? If so, how have you handled it?
A gentleman with a very nice M4gery was talking with a vendor about M-16 fire control parts. The vendor told him that a three round "Tri Burst" kit would drop right into his rifle, and allow him to shoot three round bursts. The vendor went on to say that this was perfectly legal in Georgia, as Georgia defines a Machine gun as one that will shoot more than 6 shots with a single function of the trigger (this definition is indeed correct, per Georgia code 16-11-121 (2)), and the tri burst will only shoot 3 rounds.
The vendor went on say that the four position (safe, semi, burst, full) fire control parts would be illegal, as they were "M-16" parts, but that the tri burst were "AR-15" parts, and so were perfectly legal.
The potential customer asked me if I knew anything about AR's, and what I thought of this. I explaind to him that even though Georgia had a different definition for machine gun, anything that he did to his rifle that would make it fire more that one round per action of the trigger would be the creation of an illegal NFA weapon, and would earn him a trip to Club Fed. I then pointed out to him the differences in AR-15 and M-16 parts, such as the hammer, disconnecter, selector, etc., and explained that the BATF has determined that M-16 parts in an AR-15 are illegal.
At this point, the vendor went to deal with other customers, and the potential customer offered me a sincere thanks for helping to keep him legal.
Part of me wanted to make a scene and confront this dealer, and ask why he wanted to turn innocent people into felons, but I just left. Looking back, I fear that I did the wrong thing by not confronting him, and I wonder how many people have been screwed by him.
Anyone else seen stuff like this? If so, how have you handled it?