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Bartholomew Roberts · August 6, 2001, 03:56 PM

Sounds like crap to me... the TEC-DC9 was originally manufactured as the KG-9.

The KG-9 was killed when the ATF said it could be converted to full-auto easily.

So the KG-99 was introduced. ATF killed it for the same reason.

The TEC-9 was then introduced. ATF let this one sell; but Washington D.C. passed a law specifically naming this gun as allowing people to sue the manufacturer for liability if a crime was committed in DC with this gun. The manufacturer changed the name to the TEC-DC9 as a big middle finger to the city of DC.

My guess is that if ATF is OK with it, it is probably not that easy to convert. Part of the problem may stem from the fact that a Navgear employee apparently sold equipment to convert them and the know-how to do so by the truck loads before the ATF caught up to him.

August 6, 2001, 03:56 PM	#2
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Sounds like crap to me... the TEC-DC9 was originally manufactured as the KG-9. The KG-9 was killed when the ATF said it could be converted to full-auto easily. So the KG-99 was introduced. ATF killed it for the same reason. The TEC-9 was then introduced. ATF let this one sell; but Washington D.C. passed a law specifically naming this gun as allowing people to sue the manufacturer for liability if a crime was committed in DC with this gun. The manufacturer changed the name to the TEC-DC9 as a big middle finger to the city of DC. My guess is that if ATF is OK with it, it is probably not that easy to convert. Part of the problem may stem from the fact that a Navgear employee apparently sold equipment to convert them and the know-how to do so by the truck loads before the ATF caught up to him.