If threaded firearms were banned...

[drstrangelove]

What would the implications be for all of us suppressor owners? Keep what we have and never be able to buy/order another? Never be able to have a gunsmith thread another semiauto barrel for us? No second hand threaded barrel sales? Nasty subject.

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[Misternt]

More ways to mount than just threaded. 3 lug comes to mind.

 

[NoLimePlease]

Yeah I was thinking the same.
Pinned and welded ASR mounts for me.

 

[mkwerx]

The genie is out of the bottle - you can get the tools to thread pipe at most hardware stores. You can get the materials to build a suppressor at any hardware store. If you can't get a gunsmith to thread a barrel, it wouldn't be terribly difficult to do it yourself, provided you have a bench vice. Let Nanny Gov figure out if that barrel was threaded pre or post thread-ban...

 

[11Charlie]

I'll have my ASR flash hiders mounted permanently and then its easy since my Omega is coming with the quick change.

 

[Boboclown]

Let Nanny Gov figure out if that barrel was threaded pre or post thread-ban...

Unfortunately the phrase innocent until proven guilty doesn't work. With the government, especially in this case, you're guilty until proven guilty.

Maybe innocent if you got a good lawyer.

 

[DuneHopper]

I don't see them getting banned, its not like they have been extreme before....
Sarcasm alert..

 

[wired]

"Banning" the next time around won't come in the form of a worthless feature "ban". It will be all semiauto's and will eventually mean no transfers unless to the destruction pile.

 

[DuneHopper]

Those under 40 wont recall what lead up to the AWB, The then ten-year ban was passed by the U.S. Congress on September 13, 1994, following a close 52–48 vote in the Senate, and signed into law by then Bill Clinton the same day. The ban only applied to weapons manufactured after the date of the ban's enactment. Looking back the same situations is bringing its self into focus..

 

[wired]

That was the last ban. Two or three massive school/mall/ sporting event/concert etc. shootings from now things will be different.

 

[Kruel J]

Wasn't a ban on "assault rifles" either. Just certain evil parts like flash hiders, bayonet lugs and collapsible stocks. I bought a post ban AR in about 1998 and it shot just fine.

 

[wired]

They won't make the same mistakes again.

 

[Boboclown]

They won't make the same mistakes again.

I thought they wouldn't make the same mistake they did for 8 years now...

They'll make the same mistake, just they'll do it worse. The AWB was a mistake that never should have happened, wonder what the next mistake they'll try is.

 

[wired]

I'm thinking total semi auto "Ban" with either total transfer restrictions or inclusion into the NFA. No sunset.

 

[Boboclown]

Oh so they'll be lenient? I was under the impression they'd try to ban them completely without any transfers allowed.

 

[wired]

The word "Ban" means different things to different people. The '94 Ban was a total joke. The grabbers learned from their mistakes and a few more high profile massacres from now , with a lame duck President fighting for ratings on their side and a Democratically controlled Senate and House I expect something a bit more Draconian. It won't happen tomorrow but 2 years from now all bets are off.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

im pretty good with an annular cutter and tap and die set. all im sayin.

 

[Camelfilter]

Owning a tap and die set and washers will be construed as intent in the future...

Oil filters? Whoa boyo!

 

[DuneHopper]

Wasn't a ban on "assault rifles" either. Just certain evil parts like flash hiders, bayonet lugs and collapsible stocks. I bought a post ban AR in about 1998 and it shot just fine.

There were many pistols and capacity was limited ..

 

[Kruel J]

There were many pistols and capacity was limited ..

Yes, 10 round capacity. For guns and mags bought DURING the "ban".

Didn't even slow me down.