R.I.P. Scout26
Just watched the video and was expecting the agent to his left to try and detain him. Dude can’t even wear his armor right though as it was cocked to the side…..lol
The scary part is that the BATFE has lists of everyone who bought these things. We always knew (or at least expected) they would use those lists to confiscate, but now we have proof.
A year or two ago, there were a lot of folks on another gun forum talking about how they wanted to buy one with cash.They didn't seem to understand that once the gov declared the FRTs were "illegal machine guns" they might as well drill the third hole and made a real machine gun as have a FRT.
The company selling them had the list and the BATFE seized that information. That can happen with anything bought over the internet . . .
Maybe they just wanted to play with it until then and just didn't want to have ATF agents come knocking after the fact.
The coat hanger trick seems easier though.
Some companies say they "don't keep" a list of customers. Even if that's true, fed.gov has the ability to obtain information from other sources, like credit card companies and shippers like UPS or FedEx; this goes back to before the days of the Internet.
That is what is nice about gun shows. Pay your cash and move on. Just need to decide if you can keep it under the radar. I am not real comfortable with that. Speaking of that, the same brace rule should be going into effect soon. I don't think that has been addressed in court just yet.
If you buy a sketchy item for cash at a gun show, 50/50 you bought it directly from the ATF, so they know anyways.On the video, If I had seen that guy claiming to be a fed with an untucked t-shirt, generic "police" knock off plate carrier and tac pants, i'm not sure I'd have believed him. That seems like the kind of outfit those folks impersonating cops would wear. Are we sure they were real Feds?FWIW, no Revenuers have shown up looking for my FRT yet.
On the video, If I had seen that guy claiming to be a fed with an untucked t-shirt, generic "police" knock off plate carrier and tac pants, i'm not sure I'd have believed him. That seems like the kind of outfit those folks impersonating cops would wear. Are we sure they were real Feds?
The difference is, if they are caught with an FRT while the issue is up in the air they're probably okay. If they're caught with a cut up coat hanger then they're probably not okay.