BREAKING: ATF Classifies Galil ACE Pistols As “Machine Guns,” Demands Recall

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The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has officially started contacting Federal Firearms Licensees (FFLs) in order to start a formal recall of Galil ACE pistols. The recall is due to a third pin hole in the AKM-style receiver that technically makes the pistol a “machine gun” under federal law, despite the fact that they are not machine guns by design, nor readily converted into machine guns.

Read more: http://bearingarms.com/breaking-atf-classifies-galil-ace-pistols-machine-guns-demands-recall/
 

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And you go on double probation if you're wearing shoes with laces....constructive intent.
 
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i honestly dont get it. what makes it a machine gun to them? is there something special about that third hole im missing (giggity)
 
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i honestly dont get it. what makes it a machine gun to them? is there something special about that third hole im missing (giggity)
lol at the giggity

but i guess its because the whole can be retapped out (as if anyone with a drill press cant do this) and allow a FA sear to be slotted in? but i dont know how the guts in a galil work so im just postulating here
 
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lol at the giggity

but i guess its because the whole can be retapped out (as if anyone with a drill press cant do this) and allow a FA sear to be slotted in? but i dont know how the guts in a galil work so im just postulating here
5 points for using "postulating" correctly in a sentence.
 
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i honestly dont get it. what makes it a machine gun to them? is there something special about that third hole im missing (giggity)
Auto sear holes or even intentions for the auto sear holes legally classify it as a machine gun receiver. So if your ar15 had indentions marking the auto sear hole, even though the receiver does not have full holes or the proper cavity for a full auto FCG, then it is and will always be a machine gun.

Similar to when AK's had their auto sear holes welded shut, still a machine gun.
 
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lol at the giggity

but i guess its because the whole can be retapped out (as if anyone with a drill press cant do this) and allow a FA sear to be slotted in? but i dont know how the guts in a galil work so im just postulating here
Nope, the auto sear still won't fit. The law is this dumb.
 
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lol at the giggity

but i guess its because the whole can be retapped out (as if anyone with a drill press cant do this) and allow a FA sear to be slotted in? but i dont know how the guts in a galil work so im just postulating here

but it's forward of the trigger!