HR 6240 Collectible Firearms Prevention Act [Download Here]

No, this bill doesn’t prevent you from collecting firearms. Not even your wife can do that. It’s a federal bill filed in response to the State Department’s ban on the importation of South Korean M1 Garand Rifles. As I’ve mentioned previously, U.S. gun rights groups’ hue and cry over the Obama Administration’s blockade on the South Korean surplus weapons is WAY out of proportion to their actual or theoretical importance. There’s probably an American gunmaker somewhere yanking someone’s chain to prevent a flood of cheap rifles into the U.S. market. Or something . . . Anyway, this an election year!

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No, this bill doesn’t prevent you from collecting firearms. Not even your wife can do that. It’s a federal bill filed in response to the State Department’s ban on the…