1986 Machine Gun ban being challenged in court

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12. It's an 80% 'Lightning Link' (or some bastardization of one)

I imagine it looks something like this (or close enough)...

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Here's another site that has (had), 100% ones.
It's in Sweden, what their gun laws are like I have no idea.

http://www.rh-custom.se/product.php?id_product=31

Legally manufactured ones (pre 1981), run in the $6,000 - $8,000 range (guesstimate).

Why so much for a simple piece of metal you can hold in your hand you ask?

Because it's not a "conversion kit". The ATF classifies and treats Lightning Links
http://www.quarterbore.com/nfa/lightninglink.html (and Drop In Auto Sears),
http://www.quarterbore.com/nfa/dias.html as if they were a machine gun,
meaning one has to pay an additional tax $200.00 NFA tax on it.

FWIW, this is a "conversion kit"...

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http://www.ftfindustries.com/category/M16FA.html

Only problem is, all those parts by themselves won't magically transform an AR15 into a full-auto M16;
one still needs the critical full auto sear (which the ATF classifies as being a machine gun),
and they'd still have to drill an additional hole in the receiver. BTW... just drilling that hole sans possession
of any of those other parts can land a person in prison.

The thing with the ARFAKIT is nothing new. Take offs on it have been around since the early 80's at least.
It's been long rumored in the firearms community, that the ones that aren't scams are ATF sting operations.

In that time period, how many incidents, arrests have taken place where an illegal full-auto conversion has taken place?

This kind of crap is a non-existent/never existed problem.