Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act
A Utah congressman has reintroduced a bill allowing some veterans to register firearms that they collected as war souvenirs.
Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, has reintroduced the Veterans’ Heritage Firearms Act, a bill that would allow weapons brought into the U.S. by service members from 1934 to Oct. 1, 1968, to be registered and legally kept by the service member or immediate family members.
It would not apply to weapons brought back by service members since 1968, something generally prohibited by U.S. military policy.
February 23rd, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Does this mean NFA weapons, or else what’s this effing registration?
February 23rd, 2007 at 1:47 pm
NFA weapons.
February 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Good for him. I always thought the restrictions on war trophies were wrong. Captured weapons have always been legitimate spoils of war, in fact badges of honor for the soldiers who took them away from the enemy, for thousands of years.
February 23rd, 2007 at 5:52 pm
So are they creating a new class of transferrable weapon here? It’s bad enough we have transferable, non-transferable, pre-dealer sample, and post-dealer sample, each with their own idiosyncrasies. Are we now adding a new class that’s transferable only within families?
October 10th, 2007 at 5:20 pm
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