Oh yes this tired old chestnut…. :roll:
Opinion piece from someone who didn't rule on any of it, so it's just an opinion. We keep going round and round on this, the courts have ruled and all the 'gun' lovin' rants don't change this.
Again Honest Citizens weren't buying Thompsons BEFORE the NFA tax. The tax was moot to your Honest Citizens not the least bit interested in spending what today is just under 3 grand (price off the rack) for a weapon they would never use. The 'Honest' citizen you claim to champion wasn't sawing off shotguns so drop the silly crap.
The tax wasn't designed to 'force' gangsters to sign up their weapons but rather give a quick easy to prove felony charge when caught. Difficult to find and keep witnesses alive when dealing with ruthless gangsters but an illegal weapon requires none of that. Al Capone wasn't convicted of his many murderous crimes but rather simple tax evasion.
Your 'argument' that bad guys don't obey laws isn't the issue. Just like drugs and certain items for their use, making them illegal isn't so the addicts turn in their drugs and glass pipes- it's so when caught the charge is simple and difficult to dispute.
Play your tune, it took you long enough to find that weak old tired argument that is unsupported by the courts (yanno laws trump opinion), nobody is dancing...
eace