Obama bans import of 100,000 surplus Garands from Korea

[Boomer686]

Gran Torino should tell Obama to get off the White House lawn.

That was f*cking funny!

I vote we send Obama to Korea instead accompanied by the ass-hats from the US State Dept too. Maybe a quick stop in Singapore as I am sure they could all learn a lot form a good caning.

Courtesy of Wikipedia ".....Caning is used as a form of accepted corporal punishment....the most common offences being disobedience and lying...."

I think that fits the bill

Regards,

 

[Different]

You guys are confusing several things. The import of WW2 "Lend Lease" and the various post-war and Cold War lent or gifted military aid is prohibited because the US Gov't technically still owns it.

Also there are some legislated protections for manufacturers from "free" guns that were being dumped into the US market in competition with existing manufacturers.

US guns (assuming not Class3) that were actually purchased by the owning country are perfectly legal for import to the US.

Also the Gun Control Act of 1968 made it illegal to import post 1898 manufactured guns which were owned by any military ~ hence the Canadian "happy time" from 1968-1986 when milsurp could not enter the US, but could come to Canada. The loop-hole was that police contract guns were still perfectly legal for import ~ creating a market for short mauser "gendamerie" rifles which is forgotten today....

In 1986 the "Gun Owners Protection Act" again made the import of obsolescent military firearms legal, which also coincided with the slow-down of imports to Canada...

This. In 2010, some 1967 vintage Colt M16A1 parts kits were imported into the United States from Jordan. Jordan purchased the Colt parts way back when but recently sold them off. Century Arms International (Vermont) legally imported the kits (sans receivers) and have sold them to dealers and the public as either parts kits or as semi-auto M16A1 rifles with new receivers and barrels. I bought two of these Century Arms / Colt semi-auto C15 (M16A1) rifles. They are fun shooters. As a FYI, the new barrels are 20 " M16A1 contour 1:9 ROT non-plated made by Green Mountain (Colorado).