Reply #59: like Lloyd Bensten.........

[one-eyed fat man]

Back in 1993,the Steetsweeper and the USAS-12 couldn't be imported for civilians and were being manufactured in the USA. Lloyd Bentsen jumped in and stopped all that by simply declaring them Destructive Devices.

Project Forward Trace obtained manufacturer's records, FFL distributor's names and subsequent owner's I.D.s to force registration or confiscation. At one point, they even dropped the CLEO signoff requirement to go with the $200 TAX exemption during the amnesty that has long ago expired.

ANY 12 ga shotgun has the potential to be reclassified as a DD because it has a bore diameter of 1/2" or more and could be declared at some point to be NON-SPORTING! Back then it was the Secretary of the Treasury who could do that since the ATF was under Treasury.

But the bottom line is that any 12 ga shotgun COULD become fair game on a whim!