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July 31st, 2019, 03:28 PM #1
Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
Are there any stats publicly available in regard to how many legal full-autos are out there? Obviously, the info exists.
I wonder if a FOIA request could get any of it, absent owner info, of course.Get your "Guns Save Lives" stickers today! PM for more info.
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July 31st, 2019, 03:38 PM #2
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
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July 31st, 2019, 03:38 PM #3
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
Jeff sent the following email to TTAG Central Command:
Robert,
I see many writers on your site making statements about how many machine guns exist on the NFRTR. To be sure, lots of folks have speculated on the number since NFATCA obtained the transferable number ~10 years ago from then NFA Branch Chief, Ken Houchens, at Knob Creek. Back then, the transferable count was a little over 182,000.
For several years NFATCA has been “battling” DOJ/ATF for release of current numbers. After a rejection and several well-fought appeals we have the numbers. The total number on the books as of February 24, 2016 is just under a half million:
Pre 86 (transferables): 175,977
Sales Samples (pre May keepers): 17,020
Restricted 922(o) (posties): 297,667
There is a caveat in that there is a built in margin of error resulting from manual entries to disparate systems. A copy of the FOIA response is here:http://www.nfatca.org/pubs/MG_Count_FOIA_2016.pdf
Jeff Folloder
Executive Director
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July 31st, 2019, 05:37 PM #4
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
Thanks!
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August 1st, 2019, 01:07 AM #5
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August 1st, 2019, 11:15 AM #6
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
6000 gone in 10yrs. The plan is working.
The Gun is the Badge of a Free Man
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August 1st, 2019, 03:58 PM #7
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
I'd love to see specifics, but I'm sure that's not possible. What got me thinking was the claim that an "AK-47" was used in the Garlic Festival shooting. Are there AK-47s ("real" ones) in circulation? Probably, but the probability of that claim being a fact is much less probable than it being a semi-auto variant, or SKS type (based on some different reports).
Of course, if an accurate identification is ever released, I'm sure finding it will be like hunting a unicorn.Get your "Guns Save Lives" stickers today! PM for more info.
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August 1st, 2019, 07:22 PM #8
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August 3rd, 2019, 06:31 AM #9
Re: Number of legal full-auto guns in circulation
Get your "Guns Save Lives" stickers today! PM for more info.
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August 3rd, 2019, 07:41 AM #10
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