A kit for converting a semi-automatic firearm to a machine gun is considered, in the eyes of the law, to be a machine gun. Possession or sale of an unregistered one is a federal felony. Conducting such sales openly at a gun show would be a superb way to spend years in prison, and get slapped with a $100,000 fine. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) is so eager to make such a bust that they railroaded an honorably discharged Army veteran into prison because the rifle he lent out malfunctioned into firing multiple rounds per trigger pull--and lack of illegal intent was explicitly ruled irrelevant. [More]
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