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Originally posted by Cowperson+Sep 10 2004, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Cowperson @ Sep 10 2004, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-CaptainCrunch@Sep 10 2004, 08:58 PM
devils advocate here
what about collectors
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Let them collect Tonka toys.
An interesting side argument is that lifting the ban on assault weapons actually helps terrorists planning attacks in America.
Cowperson [/b][/quote]
Yeah, imported assault weapons would be legal again, too. I'm sure Tom Ridge would have great fun trying to regulate all of those.
As far as collectors, I don't know how feasible it would be to take out firing pins or whatever mechanism allows them to be fired. Obviously they wouldn't be that hard to reproduce. I guess it's just something they would have to deal with, which won't make them happy. The people who probably deserve to have them as collectibles - ex-military personnel keeping "war trophies" - would probably still be allowed to keep them (I'm not positive about this).
EDIT: Maybe if there was an official collector certification someone could achieve, that might help some too. Again, it may not be that feasable.