I'm reposting the following from the "pre-ban post-ban" thread. Can anyone answer?
Actually, does anyone know if the manufacture date is stamped on post-ban magazines? I
was at a gun show and a vendor had 2 high cap magazines for sale. You could see that he
had scratched off the part that said "LEO only". The date on it was 9/13/94 (glock 9mm).
The vendor said "The law says manufactured AFTER 9/13/99 are illegal and these were
manufactured ON 9/13/99". I thought it was a BS story and walked away.
Its always stuck in my mind and about 6 months later I saw this:
O4) How does the law define the term "large capacity ammunition
feeding device?"
The term "large capacity ammunition feeding device" is defined as a magazine,
belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device manufactured after September 13,
1994, that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to
accept, more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Large capacity ammunition
feeding devices in knockdown (disassembled) condition consisting of all parts
needed to assemble a complete large capacity ammunition feeding device are
subject to regulation if the parts are segregated or packaged together and held
by a person as the parts for the assembly of a particular device.
Listed at
http://www.atf.treas.gov/core/firearms/information/faq/faqo.htm
Could that joker have been right? The 9/13/99 would be legal for civilians?