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Originally Posted by thallub
No long guns were banned from import under the "sporting purposes" clause of the the GCA until 1984. Underline is mine.
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There were plenty of long guns banned by the 1968 GCA long before 1984, otherwise they wouldn't have had the sporting purposes test to begin with. It wasn't until FOPA loosened up the restrictions on milsurps in 1986 that many of the rifles we now take for granted became available. Now 1984 may be the first time ATF officially declared that " "suitability for police/combat style competitions" was not a "sporting purpose" under the act. I'd have to do some research; but it looks like Sen. Craig's staff is mistaken if they believe 1984 is the first time a long gun was barred from import into the United States under the sporting purposes clause.