hcpookie said:
SHEESH what if they say that only post-SUNSET *KITS* are qualified for pre-ban builds? Hrm, maybe I *will* wait for the ban to sunset before finishing off my other kits!!!
Your reasoning sounds a lot like mine; I use as my
prima facie example the ban on barrels from parts kits being used to build new rifles.
I purchased a barrel with all the sight and gas block hardware back in 1998; therefore it qualifies for using it to build a rifle.
Other people who purchased their barrels too late found out that they could only be legally used for repair or replacement on a rifle that had already been built.
This is similar to the SKS bayonet nonsense, i.e., that a Russian, Yugo, or Romanian SKS is okay to have the bayonet, but don't dare install one on a Chinese SKS.
The way I see it, these Gummunt Bureecrats don't want to surrender any more of their power than they have to after the sunset, so OF COURSE they're going to interpret the sunset in the narrowest way possible:
1. Only imported rifles with 10 or fewer imported parts will qualify for pre-ban features.
2. Only rifles (a.k.a. receivers) manufactured after the sunset date will quality for pre-ban features.
3. Post-ban rifles will still qualify for the installation of the pistol grip, but only if the 10-or-fewer imported parts rule is adhered to.
So, the ultimate result will be, instead of all of this mess magically going away after September, BATFE will just add another class of weapons to the list, like the way Class III firearms are in different categories.
This is all just my "educated" speculation, but I predict we will see PRE-BAN, POST-BAN, AND POST-SUNSET classes of weapons after the expiration of the Assault Weapons Ban in September.