There really are only 2 possibilities then

1. The NFA form was misfiled, lost or destroyed.
2. It was stolen from the Army

Personally I think they should have just given the guy 25 years probation or something and stipulated that he give the gun back to the army after his death

Why?

That seems like a very lenient treatment literally no one else would get

I don't agree with NFA/ATF/Ect regulations in principle,so I'm mostly taking issue with the favoritism you seem to be advocating for

Unless you are saying that's how ALL cases like this are handled

Because in the 70s it was pretty common to steal shit from the Army

Including guns, jeeps, rocket launchers and so on

And the man is proven to be harmless

And he is either retired or has a job, in either case hes got enough money and life skills to comply to probation requirements

That's fair enough I suppose

All that jailing him for 7 years does is tell the 20 or 30 other still living guys who stole guns during Vietnam in the U.S. to either stop showing them off or amnesty surrender them

~~I mean they probably should to cover their ass~~

Generally I would advocate for jail over probation in sentencing because most criminals (people who commit crimes out of economic necessity or unbelievable stupidity) aren't going to be able to comply to probation and would be better off going to jail for a shorter time

Probation is a good system for someone who committed 1 serious crime against property but not life & is capable of not repeating it

Any crime less serious should just be income-adjusted fines or community service imo

That's fair, I support a more rehabilitative system anyway, I just kinda read your first comment as being this guy specifically

Idk it's 3:50 am so I might be misinterpreting things

If Ginsburg croaks before trumps out of office we need to push republican lawmakers hard as fuck to repeal the NFA

^^^^^^^^^^

I write mine about once a month or so

The NFA will never be repealed

It’s just not gonna happen

I think the registry for autos could be opened and some items like sbr sbs and supressors could be taken off the registry

The biggest thing that should be done, is put something in place so States like mine can't have "assault weapons" bans

the NFA could definitely be chipped away at

and they should rule that "Weapons Bans" are unconstitutional

Or we get suppressors on common use

Also work on making autos easier and cheaper to obtain

God I want legal GPMGs

I think a big step would be allowing new registration of Autos

At least change the fucking autism that are sbr laws

that and SBS yeah

Just fix the autism that is NFA weapon classification

Seriously, it's some dumb shit

M E M E

SBR laws are fucking stupid

Stocked pistols are great

>tfw Braces are literally stocks without a buttpad at this point