Reply #22: I did, posted above.... [View All]

[Buster43]

The problem with select fire weapons being so expensive is the "wise men" on the hill threw a rider in the 1986 Gun Owners Protection Bill that Reagan signed into law. It stated that no full auto weapons made after 1986 could be placed on the Federal Register for private ownership. Suddenly, the supply of legally owned NFA weapons becomes finite. Prices skyrocket and ordinary people who would never buy one suddenly took an interest in them for their investment purpose as well as historic value. And that left those "wise men" on the hill scratching their collective heads in wonder. THEY created the economy for them. A Thompson SMG which could be had for about $800 before '86 now costs in excess of $10,000. So if both Dem and Rep pols will stop meddling with gun control, the interest level would be low and transfers of these weapons would be low as well. Human nature being what it is, when someone says you won't be able to buy that anymore, what do they do? They rush right out and buy it. Nobody is going to tell me what I can and can't own.