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[Buster43]

reason prohibition worked is the $200 tax stamp that was to be affixed to the paperwork upon transfer of the weapon. In the early '30's, that was a lot of money. Nowadays, people drop $200 buying groceries.

Since I have a license to deal in NFA weapons, I am in a unique position. Even during the economic downturns, I still get inundated with calls for NFA weapons.

A few years ago, I did an estate sale for the widow of a WW2 Vet who had legally brought back from Europe numerous different types of full auto weapons. I sold for her a fully functional German MG42, MG38, MP-28, MP-38, MP-40 and I kept the ultra rare MP-44 or STG-44, which looks remarkably like todays AK-47 (Mikhail Kalashnikov swears his weapon is an original design), BAR's, Thompsons, M2 Grease Guns, Browning .30 machine gun and a .50 BMG. When the sale was said and done, she had a nice tidy sum that turned out to be their retirement fund.

Again, human nature being what it is. And it has nothing to do with hitting puberty.