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TNT · December 16, 2006, 08:40 PM

see now here is the problem if the company was told that they were illegal in the first place and they made and sold them any way it is one thing now if ATF told them 10 yr ago that it is ok and now they reverse their standing that could be seen as entrapment and thrown out I don't see how they can just make up rules in the middle of the game as they go that is illegal to begin with. This would get thrown out in court I can see them saying you can produce no more from here on out and Grandfathering the ones in circulation but not confiscating them.

December 16, 2006, 08:40 PM	#27
TNT Senior Member Join Date: June 4, 2006 Location: Back in glorious Nebraska Posts: 606	see now here is the problem if the company was told that they were illegal in the first place and they made and sold them any way it is one thing now if ATF told them 10 yr ago that it is ok and now they reverse their standing that could be seen as entrapment and thrown out I don't see how they can just make up rules in the middle of the game as they go that is illegal to begin with. This would get thrown out in court I can see them saying you can produce no more from here on out and Grandfathering the ones in circulation but not confiscating them. __________________ "In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man and brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot."